Klebocin typing of Klebsiella species isolated from nosocomial infection in intensive care unit
Pal, R.B.; Rebello, J.S.; Banker, D.D.; Jain, P.K.
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 43(4): 98-101
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3859 PMID: 10740735 Document Number: 476442
Klebocin typing and antibiotic resistance have been studied for 518 strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, [106 from intensive care unit (ICU) sites, 182 from ICU staff flora, 192 from patient flora and 38 from clinical specimens]. The overall typability was 71.62%. The most common mnemonic types among various sources were 111, 211, and 112. Of the total strains tested, 28.37% strains were found to be untypable. These strains are labelled as "444". When klebocin typing was used in association with antibiogram, in 86.84% cases of clinical infection probable source of infection could be detected. Thus a combination of two typing methods poses a significant contribution in epidemiological studies.