Comparison of automated ribotyping to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for genetic fingerprinting of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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作者
Quale, JM [1 ]
Landman, D [1 ]
Flores, C [1 ]
Ravishankar, J [1 ]
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[1] Suny Downstate Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Brooklyn, NY 11203 USA
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10.1128/JCM.39.11.4175-4177.2001
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Fifty-two isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and automated ribotyping by using HindIII and PvuII HindIII ribotypes correlated well with PFGE. PvuII produced fewer bands and was less discriminatory. Automated ribotyping with HindIII is an accurate method for genetic fingerprinting of S. pneumoniae and can complement PFGE.
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