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Fluorescence-based DNA fingerprinting elucidates nosocomial transmission of phenotypically variable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Dec 1995
Grundmann H, Schneider C, Daschner F D
Abstract excerpt
DNA fingerprinting based on automated laser fluorescence analysis of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-ALFA) is a rapid and convenient technique for detecting clonal relatedness of bacterial isolates of nosocomial concern. During an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among five patients in a medical intensive care unit, transmission was not suspected because of the phenotypic variability of the initial...
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