Multiplex PCR for identification of two capsular types in epidemic KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 strains

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4196-4199

  Chen, Liang ^a   Chavda, Kalyan D ^a   Findlay, Jacqueline ^b   Peirano, Gisele ^c,d   Hopkins, Katie ^b   Pitout, Johann D D ^c,d,e   Bonomo, Robert A ^f,g   Woodford, Neil ^b   DeLeo, Frank R ^h   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE KPC-3, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE-2, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOGENICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84901276418     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02673-14     Document Type: Article

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