Klebsiella pneumoniae: adaptive immune landscapes and vaccine horizons

PL Wantuch, DA Rosen - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is among the most common antibiotic-resistant pathogens causing
nosocomial infections. Additionally, it is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Phage therapy: Targeting intestinal bacterial microbiota for the treatment of liver diseases

J Fujiki, B Schnabl - Jhep Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Phage therapy has been overshadowed by antibiotics for decades. However, it is being
revisited as a powerful approach against antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. As bacterial …

Systematic interrogation of CRISPR antimicrobials in Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals nuclease-, guide- and strain-dependent features influencing antimicrobial …

E Vialetto, S Miele, MG Goren, J Yu, Y Yu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR-Cas systems can be utilized as programmable-spectrum antimicrobials to combat
bacterial infections. However, how CRISPR nucleases perform as antimicrobials across …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic determinants of host tropism in Klebsiella phages

B Beamud, N García-González, M Gómez-Ortega… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Bacteriophages play key roles in bacterial ecology and evolution and are potential
antimicrobials. However, the determinants of phage-host specificity remain elusive. Here, we …

Safety and efficacy of phage application in bacterial decolonisation: a systematic review

Q Fang, X Yin, Y He, Y Feng, L Zhang, H Luo… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Colonisation by bacterial pathogens typically precedes invasive infection and seeds
transmission. Thus, effective decolonisation strategies are urgently needed. The literature …

A panel of diverse Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates for research and development

MJ Martin, W Stribling, AC Ong… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Klebsiella pneumoniae are a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections worldwide.
In particular, strains expressing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and …

The potential use of bacteriophages as antibacterial agents against Klebsiella pneumoniae

O Gholizadeh, HEG Ghaleh, M Tat, R Ranjbar… - Virology Journal, 2024 - Springer
One of the most common bacteria that cause nosocomial infections is Klebsiella pneumonia
(K. pneumoniae), especially in patients who are very sick and admitted to the intensive care …

Host immunity involvement in the outcome of phage therapy against hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections

M Tang, Z Yao, Y Liu, Z Ma, D Zhao… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Highly encapsulated hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) causes severe infections.
Bacteriophage therapy, an antibiotic alternative, effectively treats bacterial infections. Phage …

Decolonization of asymptomatic carriage of multi-drug resistant bacteria by bacteriophages?

M Bonnet, C Eckert, R Tournebize - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human and animal health and accounted for up
to 4.5 million deaths worldwide in 2019. Asymptomatic colonization of the digestive tract by …

Isolation and characterization of 24 phages infecting the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Klebsiella sp. M5al

MR Gittrich, CM Sanderson, JM Wainaina, CM Noel… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Bacteriophages largely impact bacterial communities via lysis, gene transfer, and metabolic
reprogramming and thus are increasingly thought to alter nutrient and energy cycling across …