Open AccessEvidence for Clonal Dissemination of the Serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Causing Invasive Liver Abscesses in Korea
Author(s) -
Doo Ryeon Chung,
Ha Rim Lee,
Seung Soon Lee,
ShinWoo Kim,
HyunHa Chang,
Seung Pil Jung,
Myoung Don Oh,
Kwan Soo Ko,
Cheol-In Kang,
Kyong Ran Peck,
Jae-Hoon Song
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01577-08
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , serotype , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , typing , liver abscess , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , klebsiella , strain (injury) , enterobacteriaceae , virology , klebsiella infections , genotype , abscess , gene , escherichia coli , genetics , anatomy
Seventy-three liver abscess isolates of serotype K1Klebsiella pneumoniae from a nationwide collection in Korea were genotypically characterized using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. We found that serotype K1K. pneumoniae strains that caused liver abscesses in Korea were genotypically related and that most were sequence type 23.