Invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae Syndrome in North America | Zendy

Krisztina A. Nadasy | Zendy; Rana DomiatiSaad | Zendy; Marc Tribble | Zendy

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Invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae Syndrome in North America

Author(s) -

Krisztina A. Nadasy,

Rana DomiatiSaad,

Marc Tribble

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/519424

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , medicine , klebsiella infections , microbiology and biotechnology , liver abscess , phenotype , gene , abscess , biology , genetics , surgery , escherichia coli

Invasive liver abscess syndrome, which is caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae subtypes, has been emerging worldwide over the past 2 decades. The syndrome is associated with the hypermucoviscosity phenotype of K. pneumoniae strains and with the magA and rmpA genes. We provide the first laboratory evidence of the presence of rmpA-positive K. pneumoniae in North America.

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