Measurement of Klebsiella Intestinal Colonization Density to Assess Infection Risk
Y. Sun, A. Patel, J. SantaLucia, E. Roberts, L. Zhao, K. S. Kaye, K. Rao, M. A. Bachman
This study develops a qPCR assay to measure Klebsiella colonization density in rectal swabs and finds that higher density is significantly associated with increased infection risk.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2021Microbiology