Multilocus Sequence Typing of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Nosocomial Isolates

  • Laure Diancourt
    Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes (U389 INSERM), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France
  • Virginie Passet
    Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes (U389 INSERM), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France
  • Jan Verhoef
    Eijkman-Winkler Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Patrick A. D. Grimont
    Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes (U389 INSERM), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France
  • Sylvain Brisse
    Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes (U389 INSERM), Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France

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公開日
2005-08
権利情報
  • https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license
DOI
  • 10.1128/jcm.43.8.4178-4182.2005
公開者
American Society for Microbiology

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae</jats:italic> . Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae</jats:italic> 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 <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae</jats:italic> isolates. </jats:p>

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