Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Burn Patients Using PCR- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

关键词: Pseudomonas aeruginosa;    RFLP;    RAPD;    Burn;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

One of the major opportunistic pathogens in patients with burninjuries is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which causes severe infectionsin burned patients. The objective of the study was to examinethe molecular epidemiology of P. aeruginosa colonization inthe burn unit of Shahid Motahari Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Restrictionfragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and random amplifiedpolymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis were employed tostudy 127 clinical and two environmental P. aeruginosa isolatescollected from January to June 2008. In RFLP, the PCR productsof 16S rRNA gene were digested with restriction enzyme Alu I,Hae III, and Rsa I, and the fragments generated were analyzed byagarose electrophoresis. Molecular typing by RFLP did show nodiscriminatory power for P. aeruginosa isolates, but RAPD-PCRrevealed eight different genotypes; RAPD1to RAPD8 in clinicaland environmental isolates. RAPD1 was the major genotype inclinical (n=64, 50.4%) and environmental isolates (n=1, 50%).The findings suggest that RAPD might have a superior typeabilityand discriminatory power over RFLP to study P. aeruginusa.Moreover, they highlight the need for further attention to the controlof infection sources in Burn Units to prevent the transmissionof the bacterium.

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