Septicaemia and meningitis caused by infection of New Zealand sea lion pups with a hypermucoviscous strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 301-308

  Roe, W D ^a   Rogers, L ^a   Pinpimai, K ^a   Dittmer, K ^a   Marshall, J ^a   Chilvers, B L ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypermucoviscous; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Meningitis; Neonatal septicaemia; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN HERNIA; CELLULITIS; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VISCOSITY; ANIMAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OTARIIDAE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPSIS; VETERINARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENINGITIS; NEW ZEALAND; SEA LIONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84924581545     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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