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Clinical implications of hypermucoviscosity phenotype in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: association with invasive syndrome in patients with community-acquired bacteraemia.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jun 2006
Lee H-C, Chuang Y-C, Yu W-L, Lee N-Y, Chang C-M, Ko N-Y, Wang L-R, Ko W-C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae, a Gram-negative bacillus usually forming glistening mucoid colonies with viscid consistency on the culture plate, is a common pathogen causing various clinical infection patterns. However, little is known about the clinical implications of this mucoid character. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study, therefore, were to investigate the frequency of hypermucoviscosity (HV) in...
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