Preliminary application of rep-PCR in epidemiological research of extended spetrum ?-lactamase(ESBL)+ Escherichia coli / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish better reaction factors for rep-PCR and to investigate if the extended spectrum ?-lactamase(ESBL)+ Escherichia coli isolated from different patients in the respiratory ward have the same origin by using rep-PCR.Methods The ESBL confirmation was taken by double disc confirmatory test.The susceptibility testing was performed with K-B test.By applying the widespread enterobacter repetitive intergenic consensus as a primer,the stains were typed by rep-PCR following electrophoresis in agarose gel.Results The analysis of the PCR productions indicated that it would create useful DNA ban-prints and all these 22 ESBL(+)Escherichia coli strains were of three origins.Conclusion The method of rep-PCR is practical for epidemiological research in nosocomial infection.