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Comparison of biochemical and serological typing results and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in the epidemiological investigation of Klebsiella spp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

A. M. Simoons-Smit ,
A. M. J. J. Verweij-Van Vught ,
P. M. J. M. De Vries  and
D. M. Maclaren
A. M. Simoons-Smit
Affiliation:
Research Group for Commensal Infections, Department of Medical Microbiology, Free University, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A. M. J. J. Verweij-Van Vught
Affiliation:
Research Group for Commensal Infections, Department of Medical Microbiology, Free University, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P. M. J. M. De Vries
Affiliation:
Research Group for Commensal Infections, Department of Medical Microbiology, Free University, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
D. M. Maclaren
Affiliation:
Research Group for Commensal Infections, Department of Medical Microbiology, Free University, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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An analysis of the serological and biochemical typing results of 925 clinical isolates of klebsiella revealed that biotyping and serotyping of klebsiella could replace each other for epidemiological purposes. The combination of both typing methods provided even more epidemiological information in analysing clusters of particular serotypes and biotypes in time. Clustering serotypes, mainly of neonatal origin, were nearly uniformly more resistant to the antibiotics in common use than other serotypes. Biotyping as well as serotyping of klebsiella isolates recovered from environmental surveys in the neonatal ward showed that epidemic and non-epidemic klebsiella isolates could occasionally be cultured from the environment and from the staff.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 99 , Issue 3 , December 1987 , pp. 625 - 634
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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