Survey of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia in two South Australian hospitals and detection of hypermucoviscous phenotype and magA/rmpA genotypes in K. pneumoniae isolates

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-563

  Chang, Lisa ^a,b,c,e   Bastian, Ivan ^a,d   Warner, Morgyn ^a,b,c,d  

^a SA Pathology   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess; magA; rmpA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGA GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RMPA GENE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; URINE CULTURE; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84877722120     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0374-y     Document Type: Review

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