Assessment of hypermucoviscosity as a virulence factor for experimental Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: Comparative virulence analysis with hypermucoviscosity-negative strain

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Yi Chun ^a   Lu, Min Chi ^b,c   Tang, Hui Ling ^a,d   Liu, Hsu Chung ^a,b   Chen, Ching Hsien ^a   Liu, Keh Sen ^e   Lin, Chingju ^f   Chiou, Chien Shun ^g   Chiang, Ming Ko ^h   Chen, Chuan Mu ^a   Lai, Yi Chyi ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e St Joseph Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERMUCOVISCOSITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCUS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952355625     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-50     Document Type: Article

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