The Brief Case: Klebsiella variicola-Identifying the Misidentified

J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jan 2;57(1):e00826-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00826-18. Print 2019 Jan.

Authors

Lauren Fontana¹, Erin Bonura², Zoe Lyski³, William Messer^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA [email protected].
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gram-negative rod; K. pneumoniae; K. variicola; Klebsiella; MALDI-TOF MS; Verigene; Vitek; misidentification.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Asian
Bacterial Typing Techniques / standards*
Colorectal Neoplasms / complications
Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
Diagnostic Errors
Humans
Japan / ethnology
Klebsiella / classification*
Klebsiella / genetics
Klebsiella / isolation & purification
Klebsiella Infections / complications
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Male
Phylogeny

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

Klebsiella variicola