Genetically similar isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K1 causing liver abscesses in three continents

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 593-597

  Turton, Jane F ^a   Englender, Hilary ^a   Gabriel, Samantha N ^a   Turton, Sarah E ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248159996     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46964-0     Document Type: Article

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