Multiplex-PCR assay for identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates carrying the cps Loci for K1 and K2 capsule biosynthesis

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-156

  Gierczyński, Rafał ^a   Jagielski, Marek ^a   Rastawicki, Waldemar ^a   Kałuzewski, Stanisław ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genoserotyping; K. pneumoniae K1; K. pneumoniae K2; Klebsiella; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEROTYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 36048929906     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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