Comparison of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing of Acinetobacter baumannii in China.
A panel of seven variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) markers was selected for Acinetobacter baumannii typing analysis (MLVA-7). Compared with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), MLVA-7 provided greater discrimination. We modified the criteria for MLVA complex assignments proposed previously, and a remarkable congruence between MLVA-7- and PFGE-based strain clustering was observed.
State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Yuan
Y
Hu
Boqing
B
Li
Dazhi
D
Jin
Zhigang
Z
Cui
Xiaoxia
X
Tao
Binghua
B
Zhang
Jianzhong
J
Zhang
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods*