Evidence for clonal dissemination of the serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain causing invasive liver abscesses in Korea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4061-4063

  Doo, Ryeon Chung ^a   Ha, Rim Lee ^a   Seung, Soon Lee ^b   Shin, Woo Kim ^c   Chang, Hyun Ha ^c   Jung, Sook In ^d   Oh, Myoung Don ^e   Kwan, Soo Ko ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Kyong, Ran Peck ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREA; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOREA; LIVER ABSCESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 57349112335     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01577-08     Document Type: Article

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