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ArticleNature communications2021

A genomic surveillance framework and genotyping tool for Klebsiella pneumoniae and its related species complex.

Margaret M C Lam, Ryan R Wick, Stephen C Watts, Louise T Cerdeira, Kelly L Wyres, Kathryn E Holt

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 712 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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712citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

712 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 953 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Margaret M C LamDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. margaret.lam@monash.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9590-6849
Ryan R WickDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8349-0778
Stephen C WattsDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Louise T CerdeiraDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Kelly L WyresDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4033-6639
Kathryn E HoltDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3949-2471
Monash University · AULondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) healthcare-associated infections, neonatal sepsis and community-acquired liver abscess, and is associated with chronic intestinal diseases. Its diversity and complex population structure pose challenges for analysis and interpretation of K. pneumoniae genome data. Here we introduce Kleborate, a tool for analysing genomes of K. pneumoniae and its associated species complex, which consolidates interrogation of key features of proven clinical importance. Kleborate provides a framework to support genomic surveillance and epidemiology in research, clinical and public health settings. To demonstrate its utility we apply Kleborate to analyse publicly available Klebsiella genomes, including clinical isolates from a pan-European study of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella, highlighting global trends in AMR and virulence as examples of what could be achieved by applying this genomic framework within more systematic genomic surveillance efforts. We also demonstrate the application of Kleborate to detect and type K. pneumoniae from gut metagenomes.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesCross InfectionDatasets as TopicDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEpidemiological MonitoringGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenome, BacterialHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMetagenomeMolecular EpidemiologyAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID34234121
PMCPMC8263825
OpenAlexW3181261361

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