Evidence for clonal dissemination of the serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain causing invasive liver abscesses in Korea.
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.
Chung
Doo Ryeon
DR
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea. drchung@skku.edu
Lee
Ha Rim
HR
Lee
Seung Soon
SS
Kim
Shin Woo
SW
Chang
Hyun-Ha
HH
Jung
Sook-In
SI
Oh
Myoung-don
MD
Ko
Kwan Soo
KS
Kang
Cheol-In
CI
Peck
Kyong Ran
KR
Song
Jae-Hoon
JH
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial