Article
Longitudinal analysis of the temporal evolution of Acinetobacter baumannii strains in Ohio, USA, by using rapid automated typing methods.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Decker Brooke K, Perez Federico, Hujer Andrea M, Hujer Kristine M, Hall Geraldine S, Jacobs Michael R, Gebreyes Wondwossen A, Zoll Scott T, Massire Christian, Eshoo Mark W, Ecker David J, Rather Philip N, Bonomo Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping methods are essential to understand the transmission dynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii. We examined the representative genotypes of A. baumannii at different time periods in select locations in Ohio, using two rapid automated typing methods: PCR coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS), a form of multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), and repetitive-sequence-based-PCR...
Topics
- Acinetobacter Infections
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Disease Outbreaks
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype
- Humans
- Ohio
- Polymerase Chain Reaction