Characterization of clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae by random amplified polymorphic DNA using degenerate oligonucleotides
Medicina (B.Aires)
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55(6): 681-4, 1995. tab, ilus
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RESUMO
Epidemioiogicai studies of Streptococcus agalactiae strains have been limited by the lack of sensitive and discriminatory methods for comparing clinical isolates. Serotyping, albeit a widely used methodology, has been shown to possess low capability to distinguish between epidemiologically related and unrelated isolates. We have employed here a random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay, using degenerate oligonucleotides as primers, to characterize S. agalactiae isolates from related or unrelated clinical samples. Epidemioiogically-related isolates (mother-infant pairs) showed identical profiles by this methodology. On the contrary, 12 epidemioiogically-unrelated isolates (ciassified into 5 different serotypes) resulted in ll distinct RAPD patterns. This suggests that the proposed modified RAPD assay provides a highly discriminatory tool for the analysis of genomic diversity among isolates from pathogenic organisms.
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LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Streptococcus agalactiae
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Técnica del ADN Polimorfo Amplificado Aleatorio
Tipo de estudio:
Ensayo Clínico Controlado
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Recién Nacido
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Embarazo
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
1995
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Artículo
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