Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gastrointestinal Tract and Pyogenic Liver Abscess

Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gastrointestinal Tract and Pyogenic Liver Abscess

To determine the role of gastrointestinal carriage in Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess, we studied 43 patients. Bacterial isolates from liver and fecal samples from 10 patients with this condition and 7 healthy carriers showed identical serotypes and genotypes with the same virulence. This findin...

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Main Authors: Chang-Phone Fung, Yi-Tsung Lin, Jung-Chung Lin, Te-Li Chen, Kuo-Ming Yeh, Feng-Yee Chang, Han-Chuan Chuang, Hau-Shin Wu, Chih-Peng Tseng, L. Kristopher Siu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
capsular serotypes
gastrointestinal tract
pyogenic liver abscess
endogenous infection
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/8/11-1053_article

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