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ArticlePloS one2014

Development and validation of a single-tube multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Antoinette A T P Brink, Christian J H von Wintersdorff, Christina F M van der Donk, Anne M M W Peeters, Patrick S Beisser, Ellen E Stobberingh, Petra F G Wolffs

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Antoinette A T P BrinkDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Christian J H von WintersdorffDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Christina F M van der DonkDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Anne M M W PeetersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Patrick S BeisserDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ellen E StobberinghDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Petra F G WolffsDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

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 assessment, (2) objective result readout and (3) library storage for database development and exchangeable results. We have developed a multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) using a single-tube fluorescently primed multiplex PCR for 8 Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) and automated fragment size analysis. The type allocation scheme was optimized using 224 K. pneumoniae clinical isolates, which yielded 101 MLVA types. The method was compared to the gold standard multilocus sequence typing (MLST) using a subset of these clinical isolates (n = 95) and found to be highly concordant, with at least as high a resolution but with considerably less hands-on time. Our results position this MLVA scheme as an appropriate, high-throughput and relatively low-cost tool for K. pneumoniae epidemiology.

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beta-LactamasesHospitalsHumansKlebsiella pneumoniaeMinisatellite RepeatsMultilocus Sequence TypingReproducibility of Resultsbeta-Lactamases

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