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Identification of Acinetobacter species and genotyping of Acinetobacter baumannii by multilocus PCR and mass spectrometry.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2006
Ecker Joseph A, Massire Christian, Hall Thomas A, Ranken Raymond, Pennella Thuy-Trang D, Agasino Ivy Cristina, Blyn Lawrence B, Hofstadler Steven A, Endy Timothy P, Scott Paul T, Lindler Luther, Hamilton Tacita, Gaddy Charla, Snow Kerry, Pe Marie, Fishbain Joel, Craft David, Deye Gregory, Riddell Scott, Milstrey Eric, Petruccelli Bruno, Brisse Sylvain, Harpin Vanessa, Schink Amy, Ecker David J, Sampath Rangarajan, Eshoo Mark W
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in soil and water and are an important cause of nosocomial infections. A rapid method is needed to genotype Acinetobacter isolates to determine epidemiology and clonality during infectious outbreaks. Multilocus PCR followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) is a method that uses the amplicon base compositions to genotype bacterial species....
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