Evaluation of High-Resolution Melting Curve Analysis of Ligation-Mediated Real-Time PCR, a Rapid Method for Epidemiological Typing of ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter Species) PathogensShow others and affiliations
2014 (English)In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, ISSN 0095-1137, E-ISSN 1098-660X, Vol. 52, no 12, p. 4339-4342Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A single-tube method, ligation-mediated real-time PCR high-resolution melt analysis (LMqPCR HRMA), was modified for the rapid typing of Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp. (ESKAPE) pathogens. A 97% agreement (60/62 isolates) was achieved in comparison to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) results, which indicates that LMqPCR HRMA is a rapid and accurate screening tool for monitoring nosocomial outbreaks.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Society for Microbiology , 2014. Vol. 52, no 12, p. 4339-4342
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Clinical Medicine Basic Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-113004DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02537-14ISI: 000345222900033PubMedID: 25232168OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-113004DiVA, id: diva2:779085
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Funding Agencies|Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation; FORSS (The Research Council of Southeast Sweden)
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