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Molecular study on nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.
A. NastasiCaterina MamminaM. R. VillafrateG. ScarlataM. V. TorregrossaL. Valentinosubject
molecular study PseudomonasSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicatadescription
Nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were typed by DNA fingerprinting techniques. Chromosomal DNA banding patterns, after endonuclease digestion, of six isolates from a neonatal care unit confirmed the results of O-serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern analysis. In contrast, the characterization by chromosomal DNA fingerprinting of P. aeruginosa strains isolated from patients treated in a burn unit disagreed with the two classic typing methods: in fact, isolates that varied in serotype and antibiograms showed identical restriction endonuclease profiles, whereas two indistinguishable isolates cultured from individual patients were easily and reproducibly differentiated by molecular analysis.
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1989-01-01 |