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Microbiological and clinical characteristics of bacteraemia caused by the hypermucoviscosity phenotype of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korea.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 2013
Jung S W, Chae H J, Park Y J, Yu J K, Kim S Y, Lee H K, Lee J H, Kahng J M, Lee S O, Lee M K, Lim J H, Lee C H, Chang S J, Ahn J Y, Lee J W, Park Y G
Abstract excerpt
Hypermucoviscous (HV) isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae have been linked to virulence potential in experimental infections. We examined 33 isolates of K. pneumoniae from patients with bacteraemia for the HV phenotype on agar culture, and determined their virulence potential by screening for capsular (K) serotype by polymerase chain reaction and the presence of seven virulence factor genes. Fourteen (42·4%)...
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