A novel PCR-based genotyping scheme for clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae

Future Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-32

  Chen, Zhenhong ^a   Liu, Mengying ^b,c   Cui, Yujun ^b   Wang, Li ^b,c   Zhang, Yiquan ^b   Qiu, Jingfu ^c   Yang, Ruifu ^b,d   Liu, Changting ^a   Zhou, Dongsheng ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

genotyping; Klebsiella pneumoniae; large variably presented gene cluster; serotype marker; virulence loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE;

CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84890634499     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.13.137     Document Type: Article

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