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

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 an...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 1987-12, Vol.99 (3), p.625-634
Main Authors: Simoons-Smit, A. M., Verweij-Van Vught, A. M. J. J., De Vries, P. M. J. M., Maclaren, D. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Antimicrobials
Bacteriology
Biochemistry
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Infection
Disease Outbreaks
Disease transmission
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Environmental surveys
Epidemics
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Klebsiella
Klebsiella - classification
Klebsiella - drug effects
Klebsiella - isolation & purification
Microbiology
Neonatal intensive care units
Seasons
Serotyping
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268800066474