Survey of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia in two South Australian hospitals and detection of hypermucoviscous phenotype and magA/rmpA genotypes in K . pneumoniae isolates.

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PURPOSE: Clinical patterns of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia vary geographically. An invasive syndrome involving abscess formation has emerged in recent years. Putative virulence factors associated with this syndrome include colony hypermucoviscosity, and magA and rmpA genes. We studied epidemiologic and microbiologic characteristics of K. pneumoniae bacteraemia at two South Australian hospitals and identified...

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