Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3417588 | New Microbes and New Infections | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the association between ompK36 variants and international high-risk clones in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Fifty-nine sequence types (STs) divided into four ompK36 allele groups (groups A to D) were identified among 185 K. pneumoniae isolates. The major high-risk clones (29 ST11, 13 ST15, 7 ST37 and 1 ST147 isolates) were assigned to group A, while 6 STs (15 ST23, 2 ST65, 3 ST86, 1 ST163, 1 ST373 and 2 ST375 isolates) associated with pyogenic liver abscess were assigned to group C. The genotyping assay developed in this study may be useful for screening of epidemic STs.
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Authors
J.J. Yan, M.C. Wang, P.X. Zheng, L.H. Tsai, J.J. Wu,