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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 2618-2622Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2618-2622.2004
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R03 AI053754, R03 AI53754] Funding Source: Medline
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PCR primers specific for the recently described antimicrobial resistance-associated Escherichia coli clonal group A (CGA), a widespread cause of drug-resistant urinary tract infections in the United States, were devised on the basis of a novel single-nucleotide polymorphism identified within the housekeeping gene fumC, i.e., C288T. In comparison with two reference PCR-based fingerprinting methods, ERIC2 PCR and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis, a PCR assay incorporating the new primers provided 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity for the detection of CGA among 138 diverse clinical and reference E. coli isolates. E. coli reference (ECOR) strain 47 was shown to be a member or a close relative of CGA (by ERIC2 PCR and RAPD analysis, respectively) and yielded a positive assay result. The new CGA-specific PCR assay, which exhibited interlaboratory reproducibility and stability under various experimental conditions, should allow the rapid and specific detection of CGA by any laboratory equipped for diagnostic PCR.
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