TY - JOUR AU - Fung, Chang-Phone AU - Lin, Yi-Tsung AU - Lin, Jung-Chung AU - Chen, Te-Li AU - Yeh, Kuo-Ming AU - Chang, Feng-Yee AU - Chuang, Han-Chuan AU - Wu, Hau-Shin AU - Tseng, Chih-Peng AU - Siu, L. Kristopher T1 - Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gastrointestinal Tract and Pyogenic Liver Abscess T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 8 SP - 1322 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae KW - capsular serotypes KW - gastrointestinal tract KW - pyogenic liver abscess KW - endogenous infection KW - bacteria KW - virulence KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - Taiwan DO - 10.3201/eid1808.111053 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/8/11-1053_article ER - End of Reference