magA is not a specific virulence gene for Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing liver abscess but is part of the capsular polysaccharide gene cluster of K. pneumoniae serotype K1 [2]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-804

  Yeh, Kuo Ming ^a,b   Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Fung, Chang Phone ^c   Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Siu, L K ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAPSULAR GENE CLUSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE K1; LETTER; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGA GENE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33744963774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46368-0     Document Type: Letter

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