A global emerging disease of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: Is serotype K1 an important factor for complicated endophthalmitis?

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 420-424

  Fung, C P ^a   Chang, F Y ^b   Lee, S C ^c   Hu, B S ^d   Kuo, B I T ^a   Liu, C Y ^a   Ho, M ^e   Siu, L K ^e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036181803     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.3.420     Document Type: Article

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