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- Title
Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis as a Typing System for Group A Streptococcus.
- Authors
Martin, Judith M.; Wald, Ellen R.; Green, Michael
- Abstract
Field inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) was performed on 139 isolates of group A streptococcus (GAS) representing 72 different M types. Multiple isolates were tested for 27 M types (range, 2–19). Each of the M types tested had at least one unique banding pattern that was not observed in any other M type. For 23 of 27 M types for which multiple isolates were available, band profiles of the isolates were the same or differed by <3 bands and are considered indistinguishable or closely related. These data demonstrate that FIGE of the DNA of GAS identifies differences between and within M types.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1998, Vol 177, Issue 2, p504
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/517387