Clinical characteristics in blood stream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: a comparative study, Japan, 2014-2017.

Kazuo ImaiNoriomi IshibashiMasahiro KodanaNorihito TarumotoJun SakaiToru KawamuraShinichi TakeuchiYoshitada TajiYasuhiro EbiharaKenji IkebuchiTakashi MurakamiTakuya MaedaKotaro MitsutakeShigefumi Maesaki

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Our findings demonstrated the differences in bacterial pathogenicity and clinical features among these three phylogroups. Further epidemiological studies into BSI caused by Klebsiella species are warranted.

Keyphrases

klebsiella pneumoniae
multidrug resistant
escherichia coli
biofilm formation
case control
pseudomonas aeruginosa