Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis is a suitable tool for differentiation of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains without cultivation

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May;49(5):2020-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00125-11. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

Abstract

An assay based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis allowed differentiating and studying diversity and persistence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains in pig herds without prior cultivation. The test had a discriminatory index of >0.99 and was applied reliably to porcine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and tracheal swabs.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques / methods*
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Minisatellite Repeats*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Typing / methods*
  • Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae / classification*
  • Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae / genetics
  • Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia of Swine, Mycoplasmal / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia of Swine, Mycoplasmal / microbiology
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Trachea / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

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