Rapid identification of capsular serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in pus samples from liver abscess patients and positive blood culture samples from bacteremia cases via an immunochromatographic strip assay

Rapid identification of capsular serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in pus samples from liver abscess patients and positive blood culture samples from bacteremia cases via an immunochromatographic strip assay

Abstract Background In Asia, serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae are the major capsular serotypes that cause liver abscess or bacteremia in patients. The purpose of this study was to compare novel immunochromatographic strips (ICSs), which can rapidly detect K. pneumoniae serotypes K1/K2 in clinica...

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Main Authors: Ching-Hsun Wang, Po-Liang Lu, Esther Yip-Mei Liu, Yih-Yuan Chen, Fu-Mei Lin, Yi-Tsung Lin, Feng-Yee Chang, Jung-Chung Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Serotypes K1
Serotype K2
Serum agglutination
PCR
ICS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-019-0285-x

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