Volume 9, Number 4—April 2003
Dispatch
Automated Ribotyping and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Rapid Identification of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Newport
John Fontana*
, Alison Stout*, Barbara Bolstorff*, and Ralph Timperi*
, Alison Stout*, Barbara Bolstorff*, and Ralph Timperi*
Table
Sensitivity and specificity of PFGE versus. ribotyping in identifying MDR Salmonella Newporta
| PFGE of S. Newport | Ribotyping of S. Newport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFGE
pattern
MA-JJP0034 |
MDR |
Not
MDR |
Total |
D-81 ribotype |
MDR |
Not
MDR |
Total |
| Yesb |
63 |
7 |
70 |
Yes |
64 |
16 |
80 |
| No |
1 |
57 |
58 |
No |
0 |
50 |
50 |
| 64 | 64c | 128 | 64 | 66 | 130 | ||
aPFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; MDR, multidrug resistant.
b>85% relatedness to MA-JJP0034.
cTwo pansusceptible isolates smeared by PFGE.
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