Prevalence of hypervirulent klebsiella pneumoniae-associated genes rmpA and magA in two tertiary hospitals in Houston, TX, USA

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1047-1048

  Chou, Andrew ^a   Nuila, Ricardo E ^a   Franco, Luis M ^a,b   Stager, Charles E ^a   Atmar, Robert L ^a   Zechiedrich, Lynn ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAGA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RMPA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAGA GENE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RMPA GENE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84989897460     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000309     Document Type: Letter

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