Identification of a major cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with liver abscess in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 412-414

  Lau, Yeu Jun ^b   Hu, Bor Shen ^a   Wu, Wan Ling ^b   Lin, Yu Hui ^b   Chang, Hwan You ^b   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; TAIWAN; VETERANS;

EID: 0033957969     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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