Genetic requirements for Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced liver abscess in an oral infection model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2657-2671

  Tu, Ya Chun ^a   Lu, Min Chi ^a   Chiang, Ming Ko ^b   Huang, Shu Ping ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^c   Chang, Hwan You ^d   Jan, Ming Shiou ^a   Lai, Yi Chyi ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNIZATION; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; KVA BACTERIAL GENE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67650045734     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01523-08     Document Type: Article

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