Development of phylogroup-specific taqman real-time assays for identification of members of klebsiella pneumoniae complex

2019

International audience; • Klebsiella Klebsiellapneumoniae pneumoniae pneumoniae (Kp )represents agrowinggrowing public publichealth concern due to the emergence emergence of multidrug multidrug multidrug resistance resistance and andhypervirulence hypervirulence . • The Kp species complex complex includes includes 7closely related related phylogroups :Klebsiella Klebsiellapneumoniae (phylogroup (phylogroup Kp 1), K.quasipneumoniae quasipneumoniae quasipneumoniae subsp .quasipneumoniae quasipneumoniae (Kp 2)and subsp .similipneumoniae similipneumoniae similipneumoniae similipneumoniae similipneumoniae (Kp 4), K.variicola variicola subsp .variicola variicola variicola(Kp 3)and subsp .tropical…