title: Evidence for clonal dissemination of the serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain causing invasive liver abscesses in Korea.
abstract: Seventy-three liver abscess isolates of serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae from a nationwide collection in Korea were genotypically characterized using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. We found that serotype K1 K. pneumoniae strains that caused liver abscesses in Korea were genotypically related and that most were sequence type 23.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea. drchung@skku.edu
authors.forename: Doo Ryeon
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Ha Rim
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Soon
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shin Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Ha
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Sook-In
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Myoung-don
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Kwan Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Cheol-In
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Kyong Ran
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial