Molecular Strain Typing of Legionella Isolates from Water in Cooling Towers of Big Buildings in Busan, Korea / 대한임상미생물학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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: 38-42, 2004.
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em Coreano
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| ID: wpr-19643
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It is important to define a source of infection when outbreak of Legionella infections has occurred. The performance of a molecular strain typing method was evaluated for environmental and clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila.METHODS:
Thirteen environmental strains, eleven clinical isolates and one type strain (ATCC 33152) of Legionella pneumophila were used for the analysis of pulsed field gel electrophoresis.RESULTS:
All 25 strains were discriminated into 21 types. Two strains isolated from different locations in a same building showed different types. Each two, four, and two strains were shown as the same PFGE patterns.CONCLUSIONS:
Even though PFGE typing of Legionella pneumophila is excellent for strain differentiation, the same pattern does not necessarily indicate the same source of isolates.
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Assunto principal:
Legionella
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Água
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Legionella pneumophila
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Eletroforese em Gel de Campo Pulsado
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Coreia (Geográfico)
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Ano de publicação:
2004
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