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SUBMITTER: Fang FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC548117 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]