Genomic and functional approaches point to potential determinants of neonatal <i>K. pneumoniae</i> sepsis
-positive strains exhibit enhanced epithelial fitness and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes in this cohort. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating pathogen genomic and functional markers into neonatal sepsis research, surveillance, and future risk-stratification strategies.
Authors
- Tapas Kumar Som
- Manisha Rout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0353-1763)
- Soumitra Mohanty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-5062)
- Ashoka Mahapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-7305)
- Saroj Kant Mohapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4723-5109)
- Subasini Majhi
- Dharitri Mohapatra
- S M K Mallick
- Soumya Sibani Sahoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7213-7452)
- Dr Jharana Mahanta
- K Aksa Rani
- V. Samuel Raj
Institutions
- Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College Hospital (IN)
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology (IN)
- SRM University (IN)
- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04118-25
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India