| Literature DB >> 16081970 |
Laure Diancourt1, Virginie Passet, Jan Verhoef, Patrick A D Grimont, Sylvain Brisse.
Abstract
A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 K. pneumoniae strains, including 19 ceftazidime- and ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates. Forty distinct allelic profiles were identified. MLST data were validated against ribotyping and showed high (96%) discriminatory power. The MLST approach provides unambiguous data useful for the epidemiology of K. pneumoniae isolates.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16081970 PMCID: PMC1233940 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4178-4182.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948