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Identification and Characterization of Imipenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Susceptible Klebsiella variicola Isolates Obtained from the Same Patient.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2016
Garza-Ramos Ulises, Moreno-Dominguez Stephania, Hernández-Castro Rigoberto, Silva-Sanchez Jesús, Barrios Humberto, Reyna-Flores Fernando, Sanchez-Perez Alejandro, Carrillo-Casas Erika M, Sanchez-León María Carmen, Moncada-Barron David
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Klebsiella variicola, a bacterium closely genetically related to Klebsiella pneumoniae, is commonly misidentified as K. pneumoniae by biochemical tests. To distinguish between the two bacteria, phylogenetic analysis of the rpoB gene and the identification of unique genes in both bacterial species by multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provide the means to reliably identify and genotype K. variicola. In...
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