PCR characterization and typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae using capsular type-specific, variable number tandem repeat and virulence gene targets

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Turton, Jane F ^a   Perry, Claire ^a   Elgohari, Suzanne ^a   Hampton, Catherine V ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; FUCOSE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77951647470     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.015198-0     Document Type: Article

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