Patent ID: 8182996

Claim:
A composition for the detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a sample using a nucleic acid amplification assay, comprising an amplification primer pair, said amplification primer pair consisting of an oligonucleotide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1331 or the complement thereof, and an oligonucleotide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1332 or the complement thereof, or variants of either SEQ ID NO: 1331 or 1332, or both, wherein said variants differ from SEQ ID NO: 1331 or 1332 in that they have up to three nucleotide changes compared to SEQ ID NO:1331 or 1332, wherein said variants are capable of hybridizing to and amplifying K. pneumoniae nucleic acids in said nucleic acid amplification assay and wherein each oligonucleotide optionally includes a detectable moiety.