Community-acquired liver abscess caused by serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae with CTX-M-15-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase [6]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 804-805

  Su, Sheng Chiang ^a   Siu, L K ^b   Ma, Ling ^b   Yeh, Kuo Ming ^a   Fung, Chang Phoné ^c   Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEVER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LIVER ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 38649109145     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01269-07     Document Type: Letter

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