Iron Acquisition and Siderophore Release by Carbapenem-Resistant Sequence Type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae
ABSTRACT Klebsiella pneumoniae is rapidly acquiring resistance to all known antibiotics, including carbapenems.Multilocus sequence type ST258 (sequence type 258), carrying a gene encoding the K.pneumoniae carbapenemase (blaKPC) on a transmissible plasmid, is the most prevalent carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in the United States and h