Virulence profiles and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from different clinical specimens

To detect virulence factors in 54 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from different clinical specimens: urine (26), blood (11), pus (11), lung (four), cerebrospinal fluid (one) and ascitic fluid (one).PCR was used to investigate virulence genes encoding adhesins (fimH-1, mrkD, kpn, ycfM), siderophores (entB: enterobactin, iutA: aerobactin, irp-1, irp-2, ybtS, fyuA: yersiniabactin, iroN: catechols receptor), protectines or invasins (rmpA, magA, traT)...