title: Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) based molecular epidemiology of hospital infections in a tertiary care setting in Hyderabad, India.
abstract: Bacterial isolates from respiratory and urinary tract infections in an Indian hospital setting were genotyped using FAFLP analysis. The 77 different isolates analyzed belonged to five genera namely Escherichia, Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, Enterobacter and Pantoea. Before carrying out FAFLP analysis all the isolates were subjected to16S-23S ribosomal RNA-based species identification. Cluster analysis of FAFLP profiles of 77 isolates generated five groups corresponding to five bacterial genera that are used in the study. Further analyses of the dendrograms revealed efficient species and strain differentiation. Cluster analysis identified genetically distant clones among the clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, two distinct genetic lineages among the Escherichia coli strains and a single cluster of closely related Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. Ribosomal spacer region amplification identified different species accurately but intraspecies discrimination could not be accomplished completely. Comparison of FAFLP profiles of our isolates, with a pilot database of validated strains, was very useful in identification and worked better in conjunction with dendrogram analysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology (LMCB), Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), 7-18 ECIL Road, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500076, India. prashant@cdfd.org.in
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kenchappa
authors.forename: Kalashikam R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Niyaz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Sindhu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghousunnissa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
authors.forename: K J R
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D005453:Fluorescence; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial