Klebsiella pneumoniae and type 3 fimbriae: Nosocomial infection, regulation and biofilm formation

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 991-1002

  Murphy, Caitlin N ^a   Clegg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; gene; Klebsiella; nosocomial; pathogenesis; type 3 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC GMP; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN MRKB; PROTEIN MRKC; PROTEIN MRKD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CITROBACTER KOSERI; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; TYPE 3 FIMBRIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CYCLIC GMP; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84865588677     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.74     Document Type: Review

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