Use of the DiversiLab semiautomated repetitive-sequence-based polymerase chain reaction for epidemiologic analysis on Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in different Italian hospitals.

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Acinetobacter baumannii is typically a nosocomial pathogen. Epidemiologic tools that can rapidly trace the spread of hospital-associated infections due to this microorganism are essential. Currently, amplified fragment length polymorphism and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis using ApaI, a macrorestriction enzyme, are the molecular techniques most widely used to type this microorganism. Unfortunately, they are...

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