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Effects of iron on the growth, biofilm formation and virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing liver abscess

BACKGROUND: Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered the most clinically relevant species of Enterobacteriaceae, known to cause severe infections including liver abscesses. To the best of our knowledge, a large proportion of iron in the human body is accumulated and stored in the liver. We hypothesize th...

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Autores principales: Chen, Tao, Dong, Guofeng, Zhang, Siqin, Zhang, Xiucai, Zhao, Yajie, Cao, Jianming, Zhou, Tieli, Wu, Qing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-01727-5