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Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia and Capsular Serotypes, Taiwan

2011; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 17; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1706.100811

1080-6059

Chun‐Hsing Liao, Yu‐Tsung Huang, Chih‐Cheng Lai, Cheng-Yu Chang, Fang-Yeh Chu, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Hsin-Sui Hsu, Po‐Ren Hsueh,

Urinary Tract Infections Management

Capsular serotypes of 225 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan were identified by using PCR. Patients infected with K1 serotypes (41 isolates) had increased community-onset bacteremia, more nonfatal diseases and liver abscesses, lower Pittsburgh bacteremia scores and mortality rates, and fewer urinary tract infections than patients infected with non-K1/K2 serotypes (147 isolates).