Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, a strain causing liver abscess and meningitis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4492-4501

  Wu, Keh Ming ^a,b   Li, Ng Hui ^b,f   Yan, Jing Jou ^c   Tsao, Nina ^b,d   Liao, Tsai Lien ^b   Tsai, Hui Chi ^a,g   Fung, Chang Phone ^a   Chen, Hsiang Ju ^b   Liu, Yen Ming ^b   Wang, Jin Tung ^e   Fang, Chi Tai ^e   Chang, Shan Chwen ^e   Shu, Hung Yu ^a,h   Liu, Tze Tze ^a   Chen, Ying Tsong ^b   Shiau, Yih Ru ^b   Lauderdale, Tsai Ling ^b   Su, Ih Jen ^b   Kirby, Ralph ^a   Tsai, Shih Feng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE NTUH K2044; LIVER ABSCESS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67650324665     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00315-09     Document Type: Article

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