Diversity of plasmids responsible for multiple resistance in klebsiella serotype K2
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 86 (2) , 189-194
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002217240006890x
Abstract
SUMMARY: Klebsiella of capsular type K2 were investigated to find out whether a single epidemic clone was the source of many outbreaks of infection in different hospitals, in different areas over a period of five years. The klebsiellas studied were found to be very similar; they were of the same biotype, had similar klebecin sensitivity patterns and carried multiple drug-resistance plasmids; however, characterization of these plasmids showed that they were heterogeneous. Thus there was not a single epidemic bacterial clone.Keywords
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