Microbiological and clinical characteristics of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates associated with invasive infections in China

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Guo, Yinjuan ^a   Wang, Shanshan ^a   Zhan, Lingling ^a   Jin, Ye ^a   Duan, Jingjing ^a   Hao, Zhihao ^a   Lv, Jingnan ^a   Qi, Xiuqin ^a   Chen, Liang ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Wang, Liangxing ^a   Yu, Fangyou ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Epidemiology; Hypermucoviscosity; Klesiella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLS GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYPERMUCOVISCOUS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; HYPERTENSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAGA GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MRKD GENE; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RISK FACTOR; RMPA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; VERY ELDERLY; WCAG GENE; YBTS GENE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021859628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00024     Document Type: Article

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