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Acinetobacter Diagnostics
PCR and mass spectrometry identifies Acinetobacter species and genotypes Acinetobacter baumannii
October 25th, 2006
Multilocus PCR and mass spectrometry identifies Acinetobacter species and genotypes Acinetobacter baumannii. "Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in soil and water and are an important cause of nosocomial infections. A rapid method is needed to genotype Acinetobacter isolates to determine epidemiology and clonality during infectious outbreaks," researchers in the United States report. According to J.A. Ecker and colleagues at ISIS Pharmaceutical Inc., "Multilocus PCR followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) is a method that uses the amplicon base compositions to genotype bacterial...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-10-25)
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