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ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2010

A diagnostic PCR assay for the detection of an Australian epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Heidi L Williams, Lynne Turnbull, Susan J Thomas, Anna Murphy, Tim Stinear, David S Armstrong, Cynthia B Whitchurch

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Article in Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Heidi L WilliamsDepartment of Microbiology, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
Lynne Turnbull
Susan J Thomas
Anna Murphy
Tim Stinear
David S Armstrong
Cynthia B Whitchurch
Monash University · AUMonash Medical Centre · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic lung infection with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the hallmarks of cystic fibrosis (CF) and is associated with worsening lung function, increased hospitalisation and reduced life expectancy. A virulent clonal strain of P. aeruginosa (Australian epidemic strain I; AES-I) has been found to be widespread in CF patients in eastern Australia.

methodsSuppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was employed to identify genetic sequences that are present in the AES-I strain but absent from the sequenced reference strain PAO1. We used PCR to evaluate the distribution of several of the AES-I loci amongst a collection of 188 P. aeruginosa isolates which was comprised of 35 AES-I isolates (as determined by PFGE), 78 non-AES-I CF isolates including other epidemic CF strains as well as 69 P. aeruginosa isolates from other clinical and environmental sources.

resultsWe have identified a unique AES-I genetic locus that is present in all 35 AES-I isolates tested and not present in any of the other 153 P. aeruginosa strains examined. We have used this unique AES-I locus to develop a diagnostic PCR and a real-time PCR assay to detect the presence of P. aeruginosa and AES-I in patient sputum samples.

conclusionsWe have developed diagnostic PCR assays that are 100% sensitive and 100% specific for the P. aeruginosa strain AES-I. We have also shown that Whatman FTA Elute cards may be used with PCR-based assays to rapidly detect the presence of P. aeruginosa strains in CF sputum.

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AustraliaBacteriological TechniquesChildCystic FibrosisDNA, BacterialDNA PrimersHumansNucleic Acid HybridizationPneumonia, BacterialPolymerase Chain ReactionPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsSensitivity and SpecificitySputumDNA, BacterialDNA Primers

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