Development and validation of a single-tube multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Genotyping of Klebsiella pneumoniae is indispensable for management of nosocomial infections, monitoring of emerging strains--including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers-, and general epidemiology.Such objectives require a high-resolution genotyping method with a fixed scheme that allows (1) long-term retrospective and prospective a