Biofilm formation and Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: True, true and unrelated?

Virulence

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 4-

  Fierer, Joshua ^a,b,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Bactericidal; Biofilm; Klebsiella; Liver

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ALCOHOLISM; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ABSCESS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84862843056     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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