DNA TYPING OF EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY-RELATED ISOLATES OF ASPERGILLUS-FUMIGATUS

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作者
BIRCH, M
NOLARD, N
SHANKLAND, GS
DENNING, DW
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,HOPE HOSP,DEPT MED,SALFORD M6 8HD,LANCS,ENGLAND
[2] INST HYG & EPIDEMIOL,MYCOL SECT,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[3] REG MYCOL REFERENCE LAB,DEPT DERMATOL,GLASGOW G11 6AQ,LANARK,SCOTLAND
[4] UNIV MANCHESTER,N MANCHESTER GEN HOSP,DEPT TROP MED & INFECT DIS,MONSALL UNIT,MANCHESTER M8 6RB,LANCS,ENGLAND
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10.1017/S0950268800052018
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Invasive aspergillosis is often nosocomially acquired and carries a high mortality. Molecular typing methods to discriminate isolates have now been developed. Using simple restriction endonuclease (Sal1 and Xho1) digestion of total genomic DNA, we have typed 25 epidemiologically-related isolates of A. fumigatus from six hospital episodes of invasive aspergillosis. Eight DNA types were found and in each case the DNA type matched precisely the epidemiological data. Thus DNA typing of A. fumigatus can provide the means to match isolates from linked sources and distinguish isolates from diverse origins.
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