Investigation of the putative virulence gene magA in a worldwide collection of 495 Klebsiella isolates: magA is restricted to the gene cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule serotype K1

J Med Microbiol. 2005 Nov;54(Pt 11):1111-1113. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46165-0.

Authors

Carsten Struve¹, Martin Bojer¹, Eva Møller Nielsen¹, Dennis Schrøder Hansen¹, Karen A Krogfelt¹

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Gastrointestinal Infections, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark 2The International Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Reference Centre (WHO), Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 16192445
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46165-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antigens, Bacterial / analysis
Bacterial Capsules / immunology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Humans
Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
Molecular Epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Serotyping
Virulence Factors / genetics*

Substances

Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
MagA protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Virulence Factors