title: Comparison of emm typing and ribotyping with three restriction enzymes to characterize clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes.
abstract: A total of 336 Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recently recovered from patients with pharyngitis from 13 countries were characterized by emm typing and riboprinting using an automated Riboprinter (Dupont/Qualicon) based on the patterns produced by three restriction enzymes, EcoRI, PstI, and HindIII. Three enzymes were necessary to increase the discrimination of ribogroups formed by each enzyme. A total of 40 ribogroups and 38 emm sequences (not counting allelic variations) were identified. Multilocus sequence typing was performed on a sampling of the isolates, and those results were consistent with those of both emm typing and ribotyping. Correlations were observed among all three methods.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Research, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064, USA. stella.z.doktor@abbott.com
authors.forename: Stella Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Doktor
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Flamm
authors.forename: Virginia D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Shortridge
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI / Q000378:metabolism; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D021521:Ribotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C014689:streptococcal M protein; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; C024388:CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific