Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak linked to mineral water bottles in a neonatal intensive care unit: fast typing by use of high-resolution melting analysis of a variable-number tandem-repeat locus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
Naze F, Jouen E, Randriamahazo R T, Simac C, Laurent P, Blériot A, Chiroleu F, Gagnevin L, Pruvost O, Michault A
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes nosocomial infections in intensive care units. Determining a system of typing that is discriminatory is essential for epidemiological surveillance of P. aeruginosa. We developed a method for the typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, namely, multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) typing with high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA). The...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- Cross Infection
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Intensive Care, Neonatal
- Mineral Waters