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Isolation of a Bacteriophage and Its Depolymerase Specific for K1 Capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae: Implication in Typing and Treatment

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2014

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Tzu‐Lung Lin, Pei‐Fang Hsieh, Yu‐Tsung Huang, Wei-Ching Lee, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Po-An Su, Yi‐Jiun Pan, Chun‐Ru Hsu, Meng-Chuan Wu
The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

These results demonstrate this phage and its capsule depolymerase exhibit specificity for capsular type K1 and can be used for the diagnosis and treatment of K1 K. pneumoniae infections.

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