Klebsiella variicola Is a Frequent Cause of Bloodstream Infection in the Stockholm Area, and Associated with Higher Mortality Compared to K. pneumoniae

Clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae are divided into three phylogroups and differ in their virulence factor contents. The aim of this study was to determine an association between phylogroup, virulence factors and mortality following bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 11; p. e113539
Main Authors:	Maatallah, Makaoui, Vading, Malin, Kabir, Muhammad Humaun, Bakhrouf, Amina, Kalin, Mats, Nauclér, Pontus, Brisse, Sylvain, Giske, Christian G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 26.11.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Aged Analysis Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial Capsules - genetics Catheters Clinical isolates Cloning Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Female Genes Genomics Health aspects Humans Infections Infectious diseases Klebsiella Klebsiella - drug effects Klebsiella - genetics Klebsiella - isolation & purification Klebsiella Infections - blood Klebsiella Infections - drug therapy Klebsiella Infections - epidemiology Klebsiella Infections - mortality Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae - drug effects Klebsiella pneumoniae - genetics Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification Laboratories Liver Male Medical records Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Multilocus Sequence Typing Multiplexing Multivariate analysis Nosocomial infections Patients Phylogenetics Phylogeny Pneumonia Risk analysis Risk factors Serotypes Statistical analysis Sweden - epidemiology Virulence Virulence (Microbiology) Virulence factors Virulence Factors - genetics Sweden France Tunisia Scandinavia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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