Genotypes and virulence in serotype K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae from liver abscess and non-infectious carriers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Koh, Tse Hsien ^b   Lee, Nelson ^c   Fung, Chang Phone ^d   Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Tsai, Yu Kuo ^e   Ip, Margaret ^c   Siu, L Kristopher ^a,e,f  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess; MLST

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903791542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-6-21     Document Type: Article

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