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Development of a multiplex PCR assay for identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae hypervirulent clones of capsular serotype K2.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2014
Bialek-Davenet Suzanne, Criscuolo Alexis, Ailloud Florent, Passet Virginie, Nicolas-Chanoine Marie-Hélène, Decré Dominique, Brisse Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates of capsular serotype K2 (hvKP-K2) that cause community-acquired invasive infections represent several unrelated clones, which all belong to phylogenetic group KpI. These clones can be recognized using multilocus sequence typing and genomic analyses, but no rapid method currently exists to differentiate them. In this work, a multiplex PCR assay was developed to identify...
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