An investigation into laboratory misidentification of a bloodstream Klebsiella variicola infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2793-2794

  Berry, Gregory J ^a   Loeffelholz, Michael J ^a   Williams Bouyer, Natalie ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA VARIICOLA; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THRUSH; VERIGENE SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

KLEBSIELLA VARIICOLA;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84938125636     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00841-15     Document Type: Letter

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