Three Klebsiella species cause life-threatening infections and share drug resistance genes
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 14:52
in Health & Medicine
Three different species of Klebsiella bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in hospital patients and that all three share genes that confer resistance to the most commonly used antibiotics, new research shows. The study improves physicians' understanding of Klebsiella infections and could point toward better ways to fight multi-drug resistant strains of these bacteria.