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A novel PCR-based genotyping scheme for clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Future microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Chen Zhenhong, Liu Mengying, Cui Yujun, Wang Li, Zhang Yiquan, Qiu Jingfu, Yang Ruifu, Liu Changting, Zhou Dongsheng
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To establish a PCR-based genotyping method for clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae. MATERIALS & METHODS: The prevalence of six serotype markers, 41 large variably presented gene clusters, and seven additional virulence markers were screened by PCR in 327 clinical K. pneumoniae strains from China. RESULTS: Detection of serotype markers enabled the identification of capsular serotypes K1, K2, K5, K20, K54 and K57....
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