Capsular Polysaccharide Types and Virulence-Related Traits of Epidemic KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in a Chinese University Hospital

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 901-907

  Liu, Yang ^a   Liu, Pan Pan ^a   Wang, Lian Hui ^a   Wei, Dan Dan ^a   Wan, La Gen ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

capsular types; Klebsiella; Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase; multilocus sequence typing; virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBAPENEMASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTH; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOFILMS; CARBAPENEMS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85031301072     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0222     Document Type: Article

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