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Identification of Achromobacter xylosoxidans by detection of the bla(OXA-114-like) gene intrinsic in this species.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2011
Turton Jane F, Mustafa Nazim, Shah Jayesh, Hampton Catherine V, Pike Rachel, Kenna Dervla T
Abstract excerpt
Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an emerging pathogen among patients with cystic fibrosis. Here we describe a specific PCR for identification of this organism, based on detection of bla(OXA-114-like). Comparison of isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed evidence of cross-infection in some cases, but most patients harbored their own strain.
Topics
- Achromobacter denitrificans
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genotype
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction