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Microbiological and Clinical Characteristics of Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Associated with Invasive Infections in China.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Guo Yinjuan, Wang Shanshan, Zhan Lingling, Jin Ye, Duan Jingjing, Hao Zhihao, Lv Jingnan, Qi Xiuqin, Chen Liang, Kreiswirth Barry N, Wang Liangxing, Yu Fangyou
Abstract excerpt
A distinctive syndrome caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (HMKP) including pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is now becoming a globally emerging disease. In the present study, 22.8% (84/369) of K. pneumoniae clinical isolates associated with various types of invasive infections were identified as HMKP, with 45.2% associated with PLA. Multivariate regression analysis showed that male patients with 41-50...
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