Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in Taiwan is not caused by a clonal spread strain

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Cheng, Hsiao Pei ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Fung, Chang Phone ^a   Siu, Leung Kei ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROORGANISM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VETERAN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN; VETERANS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035998404     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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