The global burden of Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated lower respiratory infection in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Juanjuan Li; Liang Xu; A. Fang Zuo; Ping Xu; Kaizhi Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324151

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The global burden of Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated lower respiratory infection in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Juanjuan Li,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Emergency & Intensive Care Unit Center, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Liang Xu,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Emergency & Intensive Care Unit Center, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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A. Fang Zuo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Emergency & Intensive Care Unit Center, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Ping Xu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Emergency & Intensive Care Unit Center, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Kaizhi Xu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kaizhixu0109@163.com

Affiliation Emergency & Intensive Care Unit Center, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2447-4491

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The global burden of Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated lower respiratory infection in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021

Juanjuan Li,
Liang Xu,
A. Fang Zuo,
Ping Xu,
Kaizhi Xu

Published: May 19, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324151

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