Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp): Overview, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Detection
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for both hospital- and community-acquired infections.Kp is classified into 2 distinct pathotypes: classical K.pneumoniae (cKp) and hypervirulent K.pneumoniae (hvKp).First described in Taiwan in 1986, hvKp are highly pathogenic and characterized by unique phenotypic and genotypic tra