@article{66d3d5d342a2418f83c715dc001e4c6e,
title = "Virulence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain carrying the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1)",
abstract = "The aim of the study was to compare and evaluate virulence in five strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, including an isolate carrying New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1). In vivo virulence was assessed using a murine sepsis model and using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans killing model, and in vitro virulence by assessing various virulence factors. The NDM-1 carrying K. pneumoniae isolate was the most virulent in the murine sepsis model but there was no clear cut correlation to in vitro virulence factors or killing in C. elegans. It is concluded that K. pneumoniae carrying NDM-1 have an intrinsic virulence potential, which in coexistence with its multiresistance could promote and partly explain its epidemiological success.",
keywords = "Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology, Biofilms/growth & development, Body Temperature, Caenorhabditis elegans/microbiology, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Klebsiella Infections/microbiology, Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Models, Animal, Sepsis/microbiology, Virulence/genetics, beta-Lactamases/genetics",
author = "Kurt Fuursted and Lone Sch{\o}ler and Karen Dam and Bojer, {Martin S} and Hammerum, {Anette M} and Frederik Dagn{\ae}s-Hansen and Anders Olsen and Yousef Jasemian and Carsten Struve",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2011 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.micinf.2011.08.015",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "155--8",
journal = "Microbes and Infection",
issn = "1286-4579",
publisher = "Elsevier Masson s.r.l.",
number = "2",
}