Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in North America.


ABSTRACT: Taiwan has witnessed an emerging syndrome of liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the magA gene required for exopolysaccharide web biosynthesis. We report a patient transferred from Alaska to Washington State with a magA(+) K. pneumoniae liver abscess and describe a simple approach for recognition of these hypervirulent strains.

SUBMITTER: Fang FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC548117 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in North America.

Fang Ferric C FC   Sandler Netanya N   Libby Stephen J SJ  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20050201 2


Taiwan has witnessed an emerging syndrome of liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the magA gene required for exopolysaccharide web biosynthesis. We report a patient transferred from Alaska to Washington State with a magA(+) K. pneumoniae liver abscess and describe a simple approach for recognition of these hypervirulent strains. ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC3414011 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5126061 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4596830 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7721809 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3592058 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4766917 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5376316 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2708586 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7256812 | biostudies-literature