title: ERIC-PCR genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from haemorrhagic pneumonia cases in mink.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a significant pathogen of mink and the cause of haemorrhagic pneumonia, an acute fatal disease in farmed mink.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 90 P. aeruginosa isolates from haemorrhagic pneumonia in mink from 16 farms in Shandong province, China, 43 genotypes were identified by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR (ERIC-PCR), with a diversity index of 0.96. The most prevalent ERIC-PCR types were type 18, found in 16 isolates, and type 39, found in 15 isolates. Four serotypes were detected, with serotype G (55.6 per cent) being the most frequent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results showed that there was a high degree of clonal diversity among mink P. aeruginosa clinical isolates in this study.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Ming-Ming
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China ; Five-star Animal Health Pharmaceutical Factory of JILIN Province , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Lian-Zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Xu-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University , Changchun, Jilin , China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Bacterial diseases; Clinical practice; Genetics