Article
Evaluation of restriction endonuclease fingerprinting of chromosomal DNA and plasmid profile analysis for characterization of multiresistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in bacteremic neonates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1990
Bialkowska-Hobrzanska H, Jaskot D, Hammerberg O
Abstract excerpt
A procedure was developed for restriction endonuclease fingerprinting (REF) of the chromosomal DNA of coagulase-negative staphylococci. A total of 48 isolates comprising 29 Staphylococcus epidermidis and 19 Staphylococcus haemolyticus isolates from blood and mucocutaneous sites of 15 premature neonates were characterized by REF, plasmid profile (PP) analysis, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, biotyping, and...
Topics
- Coagulase
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sepsis
- Species Specificity