Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus typing, and automated ribotyping to assess genomic variability among strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

M. M. Pettigrew, B. Foxman, Z. Ecevit, C. F. Marrs, J. Gilsdorf

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Abstract

We compared 75 nontypeable (NT) Haemophilus influenzae isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR, and automated ribotyping. PFGE was the most discriminatory of the techniques. ERIC-PCR provides a useful screen but should not replace other techniques as the sole method to group NT H. influenzae strains.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)660-662
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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