But now that they know what to look for, the Dutch lab and collaborators in the Middle East are testing samples kept from
recent pneumonia cases in the region, and the World Health Organization has issued an alert for new cases.
Not exact matches
Our results demonstrate that United Kingdom and Ireland MDR isolates are a highly diverse population drawn from across the global phylogenetic tree of
K. pneumoniae and represent multiple
recent international introductions that are mainly from Europe but in some
cases from more distant countries.
Results: Phylogenetic analysis of 77 K.
pneumoniae (48 clinical and 29 non-clinical isolates) demonstrated that the two groups were intermixed throughout the tree and in some
cases resided in the same clade, suggesting
recent divergence from a common ancestor.