Agarose Gel Electrophoresis-Based RAPD-PCR-An Optimization of the Conditions to Rapidly Detect Similarity of the Alert Pathogens for the Purpose of Epidemiological Studies.

ABSTRACT: Agarose gel electrophoresis is a well-known tool to detect DNA fragments amplified in polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Its usefulness has also been confirmed for epidemiological studies based on restriction fragments length polymorphism (RFLP), usually performed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Little is known on the effectiveness for alert-pathogen epidemiological studies of another less time-consuming and costly technique called randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR). Meanwhile, its usefulness is believed to be comparable to RFLP-PFGE. Therefore, the aim of the study was to establish and optimize the conditions of agarose gel electrophoresis following RAPD-PCR for 19 Enterococcus faecium strains derived from epidemic outbreaks at intensive care units. An applicat

SUBMITTER: Bogiel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778174 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature