Evaluation of a multiplex PCR for detection of serotypes K1, K2 and K5 in Klebsiella sp. and comparison of isolates within these serotypes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Turton, Jane F ^a   Baklan, Hatice ^b   Siu, L K ^c   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide synthesis gene cluster; Klebsiella; Multiplex PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; KLEBSIELLA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HORSES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EQUIDAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA SP.;

EID: 44949127142     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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