Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Patel, Payal K ^a   Russo, Thomas A ^b,c   Karchmer, Adolf W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypermucoviscous; Hypervirulence; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84976559794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu028     Document Type: Article

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