title: Klebsiella pneumoniae in gastrointestinal tract and pyogenic liver abscess.
abstract: To determine the role of gastrointestinal carriage in Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess, we studied 43 patients. Bacterial isolates from liver and fecal samples from 10 patients with this condition and 7 healthy carriers showed identical serotypes and genotypes with the same virulence. This finding indicated that gastrointestinal carriage is a predisposing factor for liver abscess.
authors: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. cpfung@vghtpe.gov.tw
authors: Chang-Phone
authors: CP
authors: Fung
authors: Yi-Tsung
authors: YT
authors: Lin
authors: Jung-Chung
authors: JC
authors: Lin
authors: Te-Li
authors: TL
authors: Chen
authors: Kuo-Ming
authors: KM
authors: Yeh
authors: Feng-Yee
authors: FY
authors: Chang
authors: Han-Chuan
authors: HC
authors: Chuang
authors: Hau-Shin
authors: HS
authors: Wu
authors: Chih-Peng
authors: CP
authors: Tseng
authors: L Kristopher
authors: LK
authors: Siu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015984:Causality; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology