Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gastrointestinal Tract and Pyogenic Liver Abscess

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fung, Chang-Phone ; Lin, Yi-Tsung ; Lin, Jung-Chung ; Chen, Te-Li ; Yeh, Kuo-Ming ; Chang, Feng-Yee ; Chuang, Han-Chuan ; Wu, Hau-Shin ; Tseng, Chih-Peng ; Siu, L. Kristopher
• Description:
  To determine the role of gastrointestinal carriage in Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess, we studied 43 patients. Bacterial isolates from liver and fecal samples from 10 patients with this condition and 7 healthy carriers showed identical serotypes and genotypes with the same virulence. This finding indicated that gastrointestinal carriage is a predisposing factor for liver abscess.
• Subjects:
  Aged Bacteria Capsular Serotypes Carrier State Causality Dispatch Endogenous Infection Feces Female Gastrointestinal Tract Genotype Humans Klebsiella Infections Klebsiella Pneumoniae Liver Liver Abscess, Pyogenic Male Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis Pyogenic Liver Abscess Serotyping Taiwan Virulence

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(8):1322-1325.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:473a3e7a31f42e3a20ca02658ae8b7829db7a03f9f2a81e750dbd3f9951bc6ef
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18590/cdc_18590_DS1.pdf
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