Hypervirulence and hypermucoviscosity: Two different but complementary Klebsiella spp. phenotypes?

Virulence

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1111-1123

  Catalán Nájera, Juan Carlos ^a   Garza Ramos, Ulises ^a   Barrios Camacho, Humberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

hypermucoviscosity; hypervirulence; invasive infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; regulator of mucoid phenotype; serotypes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE MUTATION; HYPERMUCOVISCOUS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85034838835     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1317412     Document Type: Review

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