EVALUATION OF RIBOTYPING AS EPIDEMIOLOGIC TOOL FOR TYPING ESCHERICHIA-COLI SEROGROUP O157 ISOLATES

Authors
MARTIN IE TYLER SD TYLER KD KHAKHRIA R JOHNSON WM
Citation
Ie. Martin et al., EVALUATION OF RIBOTYPING AS EPIDEMIOLOGIC TOOL FOR TYPING ESCHERICHIA-COLI SEROGROUP O157 ISOLATES, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(3), 1996, pp. 720-723
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
720 - 723
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:3<720:EORAET>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A total of 121 representative Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and 0157:NM (no nmotile) isolates were characterized by ribotype, phage type, verotoxi n genotype, and genomic fingerprints generated by pulsed-field gel ele ctrophoresis. Ribotyping was not able to discriminate between 0157:H7 isolates, and phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were t he most valuable and discriminatory techniques.