Modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for typing of enterococci.
Controlling the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is an important task in hospital epidemiology. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has become the golden standard for molecular epidemiological characterisation of enterococcal isolates. For separation of DNA fragments by PFGE, different electrophoresis conditions have been recommended, but none of these protocols allows a satisfactory separation of both small and large DNA fragments of enterococci simultaneously. In this study we have speeded up the preparation of chromosomal DNA and defined new electrophoresis conditions that enhance separation of small and large DNA fragments for subtyping of enterococci with a 24 h PFGE.
Saeedi
Baharak
B
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. baharak.saeedi@lio.se
Hällgren
Anita
A
Jonasson
Jon
J
Nilsson
Lennart E
LE
Hanberger
Håkan
H
Isaksson
Barbro
B
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial