Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae clones causing bacteraemia in adults in a teaching hospital in Barcelona, Spain (2007-2013)

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-160

  Cubero, M ^a,b   Grau, I ^a,b   Tubau, F ^a,b   Pallares R ^a,b   Dominguez, M A ^a,b   Linares J ^a,b   Ardanuy, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Hypermucoviscous; Hypervirulent clones; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SPAIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84960474943     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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