Abstract
We typed 40 isolates of Pseudomonas cepacia obtained from patients involved in a single outbreak using pulsed field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping. All isolates from the majority of the patients, 16 of 18 (89%), were included in a single group. These typing methods should aid in the clarification of the epidemiology of infection with P. cepacia.
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RibotypingMicrobiologyOutbreakTypingPulsed-field gel electrophoresisBiologyDNA profilingGel electrophoresisPseudomonadaceaePseudomonasMolecular epidemiologyVirologyPolymerase chain reactionBacteriaGenotypeDNAMolecular biologyGenetics
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- 29
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- 3
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- 648-649
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Daniel J. Anderson,
Janet Kuhns,
Michael L. Vasil
et al.
(1991).
DNA fingerprinting by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping to distinguish Pseudomonas cepacia isolates from a nosocomial outbreak.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
, 29
(3)
, 648-649.
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.29.3.648-649.1991
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- 10.1128/jcm.29.3.648-649.1991