Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gvvz8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-22T15:47:18.606Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

PCR-based characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica: comparison with biotyping and serotyping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. T. Odinot
Affiliation:
University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J. F. G. M. Meis
Affiliation:
University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
P. J. J. C. Van Den Hurk
Affiliation:
University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J. A. A. Hoogkamp-Korstanje
Affiliation:
University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
W. J. G. Melchers
Affiliation:
University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

PCR-based DNA fingerprinting was used to characterize 48 clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica. The samples were examined by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) and inter-repeat PCR (IR-PCR). IR-PCR with two enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus primers resulted in patterns which were poorly discriminated; 2 of 11 arbitrary primers (RAPD-PCR) provided sufficient discriminatory power. In comparisons with serotyping and biotyping, RAPD-fingerprinting was the most discriminatory technique and may therefore be a valuable epidemiological tool for the study of Y. enterocolitica infections.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

References

1.Cover, TL, Aber, RC. Yersinia enterocolitica. N Engl J Med 1989; 321: 1624.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2.Hoogkamp-Korstanje, JAA, de Koning, J, Heesemann, J. Persistence of Yersinia enterocolitica in man. Infection 1988; 16: 81–5.Google Scholar
3.Hoogkamp-Korstanje, JAA, de Koning, J, Samson, JP. Incidence of human infection with Yersinia enterocolitica serotypes O:3. O:8 and O:9 and the use of indirect immunofluorescence in diagnosis. J Infect Dis 1986; 153: 138–41.Google Scholar
4.Blumberg, HM, Kiehlbauch, JA, Wachsmuth, IK. Molecular epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections: use of chromosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms of rRNA genes. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29: 2368–74.Google Scholar
5.Wauters, G, Kandolo, K, Janssens, M. Revised biogrouping scheme of Yersinia enterocolitica. Contrib Microbiol Immunol 1987; 9: 1421.Google ScholarPubMed
6.Aleksic, S, Bockem¨hl, J, Lange, F. Studies on the serology of flagellar antigens of Yersinia enterocolitica and related Yersinia species. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg Ser 1986; A261: 299310.Google Scholar
7.Wauters, G. Antigens of Yersinia enterocolitica. In: Bottone, EJ. ed. Yersinia enterocolitica. Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press. 1981; 4153.Google Scholar
8.Baker, PM, Farmer, JJ, III. New bacteriophage typing system for Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia kristensenii, Yersinia frederiksenii, and Yersinia intermedia: correlation with serotyping, biotyping, and antibiotypic susceptibility. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15: 491502.Google Scholar
9.Nicolle, P. Yersinia enterocolitica. In: Rische, H. ed. Lysotypie und andere speziělle epidemiologische Laboratoriums-methoden. Jena, German Democratic Republic; VEB Gustav Fisher Verlag. 1973; 377–87.Google Scholar
10.Kapperud, G, Nesbakken, T, Aleksic, S, Mollaret, HH. Comparison of restriction endonuclease analysis and phenotypic typing methods for differentiation of Yersinia enterocolitica isolates. J Clin Microbiol 1990; 28: 1125–31.Google Scholar
11.Fukushima, H, Gomyoda, M, Aleksic, S, Tsubokura, M. Differentiation of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:5. 27 strains by phenotypic and molecular techniques. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 1672–4.Google Scholar
12.Nesbakken, T, Kapperud, G, Sorum, H, Dommarsnes, K. Structural variability of 40–50 Mdal virulence plasmids from Yersinia enterocolitica. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand Sect B 1987; 95: 167–73.Google ScholarPubMed
13.Van Belkum, A. DNA fingerprinting of medically important microorganisms by use of PCR. Clin Microbiol Rev 1994; 7: 174–84.Google Scholar
14.Matthews, RC. PCR fingerprinting microbes by random amplification of polymorphic DNA. J Med Microbiol 1993; 39: 161–2.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
15.Versalovic, J, Koeuth, T, Lupski, JR. Distribution of repetitive DNA sequences in eubacteria and application to fingerprinting of bacterial genomes. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19: 6823–31.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
16.Van Belkum, A, Melchers, W, de Pauw, BE, Scherer, S, Quint, W, Meis, JF. Genotypic characterization of sequential Candida albicans isolates from fluconazole-treated neutropenic patients. J infect Dis 1994; 169: 1062–70.Google Scholar
17.Hoogkamp-Korstanje, JAA, de Koning, J, Festen, JJM, Houtman, PM, van Oyen, PLM. Influence of antibiotics on IgA and IgG response and persistence of Yersinia enterocolitica in patients with Yersinia associated spondylarthrophy. Infection 1992; 2: 53–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
18.Maniatis, T, Fritsch, EF, Sambrook, J. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982.Google Scholar
19.Akopyanz, N, Bukanov, NO, Westblom, TU, Kresovich, S, Berg, DE. DNA diversity among clinical isolates of Helieobacter pylori detected by PCR-based RAPD fingerprinting. Nucleic Acids Res. 1992; 20: 5137–42.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
20.Odinot, PT, Meis, JFGM, van den Hurk, PJJC, Hoogkamp-Korstanje, JAA, Melchers, WJG. PCR-based fingerprinting discriminates between different biotypes of Yersinia enterocolitica. Contrib Microbiol Immunol 1995; 13: in press.Google Scholar
21.Makino, SI, Okada, Y, Maruyama, T, Kaneko, S, Sasakawa, C. PCR-based random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and its practical applications. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 65–9.Google Scholar
22.Welsh, J, McClelland, M. Fingerprinting genomes using PCR with arbitrary primers. Nucleic-Acids Res 1990; 18: 7213–8.Google Scholar
23.Lehmann, PF, Lin, D, Lasker, BA. Genotypic identification and characterization of species and strains within the genus Candida by using random amplified polymorphic DNA. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30: 3249–54.Google Scholar
24.Williams, JGK, Kubelik, AR, Livak, KJ, Rafalski, JA, Tingey, SV. DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18: 6531–5.Google Scholar
25.Mazurier, S, van de Giessen, A, Heuvelman, K, Wernars, K. RAPD analysis of Campylobacter isolates: DNA fingerprinting without the need to purify DNA. Lett Appl Microbiol 1992; 14: 260–2.Google Scholar