Clinical and bacteriological characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing liver abscess with less frequently observed multi-locus sequences type, ST163, from Singapore and Missouri, US

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Abate, Getahun ^a   Koh, Tse Hsien ^b   Gardner, Morey ^a   Siu, L Kristopher ^c,d  

^a St Mary's Health Center   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

K. pneumoniae; Liver abscess; Multilocus sequence type (MLST)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAPA PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INFB PROTEIN; MDH PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; PGI PROTEIN; PHOE PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN TONB; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEROTYPE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80355129662     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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