Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia and Capsular Serotypes, Taiwan

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 u...

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Autores principales: Liao, Chun-Hsing, Huang, Yu-Tsung, Lai, Chih-Cheng, Chang, Cheng-Yu, Chu, Fang-Yeh, Hsu, Meng-Shiuan, Hsu, Hsin-Sui, Hsueh, Po-Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21749784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.100811
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Sumario: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).

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