Epidemiology of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1571-1579

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a,b   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a   Tsang, Lee Lee ^a   Yau, Miranda C Y ^a   Siu, Gilman K H ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a   To, Kelvin K W ^a   Tse, Herman ^a   Hung, Ivan F N ^a   Tai, Josepha W M ^b   Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CYTOTOXIN; INOSITOL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MACCONKEY MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMMONS CITRATE AGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HEPATOCYTES; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INOSITOL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859992625     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00163-12     Document Type: Article

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