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Reinfection and relapse of recurrent bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a medical center in Taiwan.
Future microbiology - 1 Sept 2016
Huang Yu-Tsung, Liao Chun-Hsing, Teng Lee-Jene, Hsu Hsin-Sui, Hsueh Po-Ren
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To delineate the genetic relatedness of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing recurrent bacteremia. MATERIALS & METHODS: Clinical characteristics of patients, distribution of capsular genoserotypes by capsular cps-PCR genotyping and the genetic relatedness of the paired isolates using arbitrarily primed PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were investigated. RESULTS: Of 3067 patients with K. pneumoniae...
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