Figure 1: K1 isolates carried higher frequencies of virulence-associated genes than non-K1 isolates. | Scientific Reports

Figure 1: K1 isolates carried higher frequencies of virulence-associated genes than non-K1 isolates.

From: Differential host susceptibility and bacterial virulence factors driving Klebsiella liver abscess in an ethnically diverse population

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These include kfu (100% vs 48%; P < 0.0001 by Fisher’s exact test), iuc (100% vs 76%; P = 0.001 by Fisher’s exact test), iro (100% vs 84%; P = 0.014 by Fisher’s exact test), irp (93.3% vs 60%; P = 0.001 by Fisher’s exact test) and rmpA (mean copy number: 1.98 vs 1.20; P < 0.0001 by Student’s t test). Expression of the hypermucoviscous phenotype correlated with possession of at least one rmpA copy in the genome.

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