Host and pathogen factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients.

CONCLUSIONS: K. pneumoniae upper UTI may be a marker of urine flow impairment. Bacterial VFs could not discriminate between upper and lower UTIs. However, immunosuppression may influence the selection of particular VFs. PMID: 30747620 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research