| Literature DB >> 12631975 |
T M Peters, C Maguire, E J Threlfall, I S T Fisher, N Gill, A J Gatto.
Abstract
An external quality assessment of PFGE method to discriminate between salmonella serotypes and lysotypes was carried out by the Salm-Gene project in Europe. A set of 16 strains of S. Enteritidis was sent to 9 national salmonella reference laboratories. By using a harmonised protocol, the PFGE profiles produced were comparable between each centre. In most cases, there was at least 90% similarity between isolates tested in the different European laboratories and there was usually >95% similarity. This suggests that PFGE analyses are reproducible and therefore can be used as a valuable investigation tool combined with epidemiological data.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12631975 DOI： 10.2807/esm.08.02.00401-en
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN： 1025-496X