Washed microbiota transplantation in a malnourished child with resistant Klebsiella and Candida infections
Child’s stubborn lung infection cleared after gut bacteria transplant
This case report describes an 8-year-old boy with chronic malnutrition and multidrug-resistant pulmonary infections who received washed micr…
A gut bacteria transplant helped a severely malnourished child fight off a lung infection that antibiotics couldn’t touch.
KP ST258 Clade 2 isolates linked to increased virulence in observational and mouse studies
Klebsiella Clade 2 Linked to Worse Illness in Humans and Mice
An observational study of 172 clinical KP ST258 isolates and a mouse model found that Clade 2 isolates were associated with more acute illne…
Klebsiella pneumoniae Clade 2 causes worse illness in humans and spreads more easily to organs like the liver and spleen in mice compared to…