Quantification and comparison of virulence and characteristics of different variants of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Taiwan and the United States

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-90

  Chiang, Tsung Ta ^a   Yang, Ya Sung ^a   Yeh, Kuo Ming ^a   Chiu, Sun Kang ^a   Wang, Ning Chi ^a   Lin, Te Yu ^a   Huang, Li Yueh ^b   Chang, Feng Yee ^a   Siu, L K ^a,b   Lin, Jung Chung ^a   Chen, Jiun Han ^c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC variants; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CELL KILLING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; VIRULENCE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84958051718     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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