Molecular epidemiology and virulence factors of pyogenic liver abscess causing Klebsiella pneumoniae in China

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages O818-O824

  Luo, Y ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Ye, L ^a   Yang, J ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Dermatology   (China)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Molecular epidemiology; Pyogenic liver abscess; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VISCOSITY;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRAINAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84917677781     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12664     Document Type: Article

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