First description of lung abscess caused by ST23 clone capsule genotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 379-380

  Cheng, Kuo Chen ^a,b,c   Lee, Mei Feng ^a   Chuang, Yin Ching ^a   Yu, Wen Liang ^a,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLOMOXEF; GENOMIC DNA; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RMPA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RMPA2 PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CAVITATION; MAGA GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLEURA EFFUSION; RMPA GENE; RMPA2 GENE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG; LUNG ABSCESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925933915     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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