Epidemiology and virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Clegg, Steven ^a   Murphy, Caitlin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SIDEROPHORE; UREASE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SIDEROPHORES; UREASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85010047839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.UTI-0005-2012     Document Type: Article

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