Investigation of clonal relationships of K. pneumoniae isolates from neonatal intensive care units by PFGE and rep-PCR

Koroglu, Mehmet; ÖZBEK, AHMET; Demiray, Tayfur; Hafizoglu, Taner; GÜÇLÜ, ERTUĞRUL; ALTINDİŞ, MUSTAFA; Karabay, Oguz; DURMAZ, RIZA

doi:10.3855/jidc.6326

Investigation of clonal relationships of K. pneumoniae isolates from neonatal intensive care units by PFGE and rep-PCR

Koroglu M., ÖZBEK A., Demiray T., Hafizoglu T., GÜÇLÜ E., ALTINDİŞ M., ...More

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.9, no.8, pp.829-836, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 9 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.6326
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.829-836
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Clonal relationships of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains obtained during an epidemic and after a one-year post-epidemic (non-epidemic) period in the same neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and repetitive polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) by the DiversiLab (DL) system were investigated, and the results of both molecular techniques were evaluated.