Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis for Detecting Capsule Serotypes K1 and K2 of<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>Causing Abscesses of the Liver and Other Sites

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To the Editor—The mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA) of Klebsiella pneumoniae was first reported to highly correlate hypermucoviscosity phenotype with liver abscess strains [1]. In the 1 March 2006 issue of the Journal, Chuang et al. [2] identified an operon containing magA that is responsible for capsular serotype K1 of K. pneumoniae. After screening magA for 74 strains using polymerase chain reaction (PCR),...

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