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This study aimed to investigate the clinical and genomic characteristics of HmKp isolates to better understand the virulence mechanisms of the hypermucoviscous (HMV) phenotype.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From May 2018 to August 2021, 203 non-repeat <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> isolates causing invasive infections were collected from a hospital in Beijing, China. Isolates were divided into HmKp (n=90, 44.3%) and non-HmKp (n=113, 55.7%) groups according to string test results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Multivariate regression showed that diabetes mellitus (odds ratio [OR]=2.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.20-4.05, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=0.010) and liver abscess (OR=2.93, CI 95%:1.29-7.03, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=0.012) were associated with HmKp infections. <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> was highly diverse, comprising 87 sequence types (STs) and 54 serotypes. Among HmKp isolates, ST23 was the most frequent ST (25\/90, 27.8%), and the most prevalent serotypes were KL2 (31\/90, 34.4%) and KL1 (27\/90, 30.0%). Thirteen virulence genes were located on the capsular polysaccharide synthesis region of KL1 strains. HmKp isolates were sensitive to multiple antibiotics but carried more <jats:italic>SHV<\/jats:italic>-type extended spectrum \u03b2-lactamase (ESBL) resistance genes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;0.05), suggesting that the emergence of ESBL-mediated multidrug resistance in HmKp should be monitored carefully during treatment. Phylogenetic analysis disclosed that HmKp isolates were highly diverse. Comparative genomic analysis confirmed that the HMV phenotype is a plasmid-encoded virulence factor. Seventeen HmKp genes were highly associated with HmKp, and included <jats:italic>rmpAC<\/jats:italic>, 7 iron-acquisition-related genes, and <jats:italic>pagO<\/jats:italic>, which may promote liver abscess formation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This investigation provides insight into the mechanisms producing the HMV phenotype.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2022.1063406","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,4]],"date-time":"2023-01-04T14:52:07Z","timestamp":1672843927000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Clinical and genomic analysis of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: Identification of new hypermucoviscosity associated genes"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Meiling","family":"Jin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tianye","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meitao","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Na","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiali","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaojing","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shiyu","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fangni","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinpeng","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Boan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Changjun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1111","DOI":"10.1080\/21505594.2017.1317412","article-title":"Hypervirulence and hypermucoviscosity: Two different but complementary klebsiella spp. phenotypes","volume":"8","author":"Catalan-Najera","year":"2017","journal-title":"Virulence"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1194","DOI":"10.1016\/j.molp.2020.06.009","article-title":"TBtools: An integrative toolkit developed for interactive analyses of big biological data","volume":"13","author":"Chen","year":"2020","journal-title":"Mol. 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