Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia and Capsular Serotypes, Taiwan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Liao, Chun-Hsing ; Huang, Yu-Tsung ; Lai, Chih-Cheng ; Chang, Cheng-Yu ; Chu, Fang-Yeh ; Hsu, Meng-Shiuan ; Hsu, Hsin-Sui ; Hsueh, Po-Ren
• Description:
  Capsular serotypes of 225 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan were identified by using PCR. Patients infected with K1 serotypes (41 isolates) had increased community-onset bacteremia, more nonfatal diseases and liver abscesses, lower Pittsburgh bacteremia scores and mortality rates, and fewer urinary tract infections than patients infected with non-K1/K2 serotypes (147 isolates).
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Bacteremia Bacteria Bacterial Capsules Capsular Serotypes Dispatch Female Humans Klebsiella Infections Klebsiella Pneumoniae Male Middle Aged Molecular Typing Outcome Serotyping Taiwan

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(6):1113-1115.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1c19dce942a612dce542fabdf7e0be0a9a2f07a440df7945816e85167cae13e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18370/cdc_18370_DS1.pdf
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