NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – An uncommon strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae is circulating among patients in Houston, according to a new sequencing-based study.
A Houston Methodist Research Institute-led team of researchers sequenced the genomes of nearly 2,000 K. pneumoniae strains isolated from patients at a local hospital system. K. pneumoniae causes infections, especially among hospital patients, that are becoming more challenging to treat as strains are growing resistant to multiple antibiotics.