Genotypic validation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and virulence factors in multidrug resistance Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Indian hospital.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae has been increasing rapidly across the world. The presence of virulence factors in ESBL producers further adds to the pathogenicity and severity of infection, which often complicate empirical therapy and sometimes result in treatment failures. In the present study, 227 non-repeated clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae obtained from different clinical specimens from a tertiary care hospital in India were analyzed to detect the genes responsible for ESBL production (blaTEM, blaCTX-M, and blaSHV), virulence (fimH-1, mrkD, entB, irp-1), and capsule production (K1-K2). Phenotypically identified 72 ESBL producing K. pneumoniae isolates were further subjected to PCR based genotypic analysis bu

SUBMITTER: Sahoo RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006650 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature