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. 2012 Jan;61(Pt 1):137-141.
doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.036046-0. Epub 2011 Sep 8.

Interlaboratory reproducibility of DiversiLab rep-PCR typing and clustering of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

Paul G Higgins  1 , Andrea M Hujer  2   3 , Kristine M Hujer  2   3 , Robert A Bonomo  2   3   4   5 , Harald Seifert  1
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Interlaboratory reproducibility of DiversiLab rep-PCR typing and clustering of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

Paul G Higgins et al. J Med Microbiol. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

We have investigated the reproducibility of DiversiLab rep-PCR fingerprints between two laboratories with the aim of determining if the fingerprints and clustering are laboratory-specific or portable. One-hundred non-duplicate Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were used in this study. DNA isolation and rep-PCR were each performed separately in two laboratories and rep-PCR patterns generated in laboratory A were compared with those from laboratory B. Twelve A. baumannii isolates processed in laboratory A showed ≥98 % pattern similarity with the corresponding 12 isolates tested in laboratory B and were considered identical. Sixty-four isolates showed 95-97.9 % similarity with their corresponding isolates. Twenty-three isolates showed 90-94 % similarity with the corresponding isolates, while one isolate showed only 87.4 % similarity. However, intra-laboratory clustering was conserved: isolates that clustered in laboratory A also clustered in laboratory B. While clustering was conserved and reproducible at two different laboratories, demonstrating the robustness of rep-PCR, interlaboratory comparison of individual isolate fingerprints showed more variability. This comparison allows conclusions regarding clonality to be reached independent of the laboratory where the analysis is performed.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Comparison of fingerprints using the PC and KL statistical methods. (a) Comparison between CL-17 (red line) and KO-17 (grey line). By the PC method the isolates show 96.6 % similarity and by the KL method 94.9 % similarity. (b) Comparison between CL-27 (red line) and KO-27 (grey line). By the PC method the isolates show 95 % similarity and by the KL method 90.9 % similarity.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Rep-PCR analysis. Dendrogram and computer-generated image of rep-PCR banding patterns showing clustering between fingerprints of corresponding isolate pairs generated in Cleveland (CL) and Cologne (KO) using the PC statistical method.
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