magA is not a specific virulence gene for Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing liver abscess but is part of the capsular polysaccharide gene cluster of K. pneumoniae serotype K1

Kuo-Ming Yeh^{1

2}, Feng-Yee Chang², Chang-Phone Fung³, Jung-Chung Lin², L K Siu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
⁴ Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, NDMC, Min-Chuan East Rd, Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan.

Comment

Kuo-Ming Yeh et al. J Med Microbiol. 2006 Jun.

. 2006 Jun;55(Pt 6):803-804.

doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46368-0.

Kuo-Ming Yeh^{1

2}, Feng-Yee Chang², Chang-Phone Fung³, Jung-Chung Lin², L K Siu⁴

¹ Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
⁴ Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, NDMC, Min-Chuan East Rd, Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan.

No abstract available

Comment on

Investigation of the putative virulence gene magA in a worldwide collection of 495 Klebsiella isolates: magA is restricted to the gene cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule serotype K1.
Struve C, Bojer M, Nielsen EM, Hansen DS, Krogfelt KA. Struve C, et al. J Med Microbiol. 2005 Nov;54(Pt 11):1111-1113. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46165-0. J Med Microbiol. 2005. PMID: 16192445 No abstract available.