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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Epidemiological investigations of bacterial infections are generally based on multiple phenotypic markers that are often difficult to verify. A more general and reliable method is genomic DNA analysis by restriction endonucleases. However, the commonly used endonucleases produce too many fragments for correct separation by agarose electrophoresis. In contrast, simple electrophoretic patterns are obtained after genomic DNA digestion by low-frequency-cleavage restriction endonucleases and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, making it easier to compare numerous strains from the same species. This technique was used to investigate an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus outbreak in a urologic department and bronchial colonization of artificially ventilated patients by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit. The method allowed a clear distinction between epidemic and self-contaminating strains in these different epidemiological situations.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0095-1137
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2057-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of low-frequency-cleavage restriction endonucleases for DNA analysis in epidemiological investigations of nosocomial bacterial infections.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculté de Médecine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Montpellier-Nîmes, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article