A k2A-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae causes liver and brain abscess in a Saint Kitt's man

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Doud, Melissa S ^a   Grimes Zeppegno, Reni ^d   Molina, Enrique ^d   Miller, Nancimae ^d   Balachandar, Danajeyan ^c   Schneper, Lisa ^b   Poppiti, Robert ^d   Mathee, Kalai ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Dengue fever; Klebsiella pneumoniae; magA

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; K2A GENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGA GENE; MALE; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN ABSCESS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74549132839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.301     Document Type: Article

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