Population-based surveillance for hypermucoviscosity Klebsiella pneumoniae causing community-acquired bacteremia in Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Peirano, Gisele ^a   Pitout, Johann D D ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Meatherall, Bonnie ^a   Gregson, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Community acquired; Hypermucoviscous; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Population based surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERMUCOVISCOSITY KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PANCREATITIS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84888190261     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/828741     Document Type: Article

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