Hypervirulent, Regulator of Mucoid Phenotype A Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 30-31

  Abi, Manesh ^a   Chaitra, Shankar ^a   Nabarro, L E B ^a   George, M Varghese ^a   Balaji, Veeraraghavan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEVER; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR OF MUCOID PHENOTYPE A GENE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

EID: 85042530956     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_86_16     Document Type: Letter

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