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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
SfiI macrorestriction digests from whole chromosome DNA preparations of 46 isolates of Candida parapsilosis from vaginal (20 isolates), blood (23 isolates) and soil (three isolates) sources were examined by CHEF-MAPPER pulsed-field electrophoresis. The isolates were grouped into nine macrorestriction endonuclease fingerprint (MEF) classes according to the number or size of the macrorestriction fragments, or both. The electrophoretic karyotype (EK) was also examined and found to contain 18 karyotypic classes (named A-R). A comparison between SfiI MEF and EK demonstrated that the former correlated much better than the latter with the source of C. parapsilosis isolates. Five SfiI classes (I-V) contained only vaginal isolates (or vaginal and three soil isolates, class I), and the blood isolates were distributed between four classes (VI-IX). This relationship was less evident with the EK classes as several of these were composed of both vaginal and blood isolates (B, G, L and M). The three soil isolates were in class A which also included one vaginal isolate. We conclude that SfiI macrorestriction endonuclease patterns seem to be useful in discriminating among C. parapsilosis isolates, with apparent association with source of isolation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation of SfiI macrorestriction endonuclease fingerprint analysis of Candida parapsilosis isolates with source of isolation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't