Article
Genetic diversity among strains of Moraxella catarrhalis: analysis using multiple DNA probes and a single-locus PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1998
Walker E S, Preston R A, Post J C, Ehrlich G D, Kalbfleisch J H, Klingman K L
Abstract excerpt
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, a causative agent of otitis media, sinusitis, and exacerbation of bronchitis, has acquired widespread ability to produce beta-lactamase and can be nosocomially transmitted. The typing methods used in epidemiological analyses of M. catarrhalis are not optimal f...
Topics
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Blotting, Southern
- Child
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Data Collection
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Moraxella catarrhalis