Occurrence of the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island and iron uptake systems in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Koczura, Ryszard ^a   Kaznowski, Adam ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Iron uptake; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pathogenicity islands; Siderophores

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCHELIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIABACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 0141570419     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0882-4010(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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