title: Genotypic characterization of ureaplasma serovars from clinical isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
abstract: Genetic relationships within ureaplasma serovars were investigated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). One hundred thirteen Ureaplasma parvum isolates and 78 Ureaplasma urealyticum isolates were different from their ATCC serovar type strains and different within the same serovars. The organisms were geographically widespread. No unique patterns were associated with invasive disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Crabb
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Lynn B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: John I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Vanya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paralanov
authors.forename: Ken B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Waites
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*