Evaluation of the discriminatory powers of the Dienes test and ribotyping as typing methods for Proteus mirabilis.

Abstract:

:A total of 63 clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis collected over a 19-month period were typed by the Dienes test and ribotyping. Ribotyping was performed using the fully automated RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System (Qualicon, Wilmington, Del.). Isolates that were indistinguishable by the Dienes test and/or ribotyping were characterized further by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Most of the isolates represented unique strains as judged by the Dienes test and ribotyping. Forty isolates represented 40 different ribotypes and Dienes types. The remaining 23 isolates were grouped into 13 Dienes types, 12 ribotypes, and 14 PFGE types. The index of discrimination was 0.980 for the Dienes test, 0.979 for ribotyping, and 0.992 for PFGE. Both the Dienes test and ribotyping are useful methods for identifying individual strains of P. mirabilis. The Dienes test is simple, inexpensive, and easy to perform. It can be performed in virtually any laboratory and should be used in the initial epidemiologic characterization of P. mirabilis isolates.

journal_name

J Clin Microbiol

authors

Pfaller MA,Mujeeb I,Hollis RJ,Jones RN,Doern GV

doi

10.1128/JCM.38.3.1077-1080.2000

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1077-80

issue

3

eissn

0095-1137

issn

1098-660X

journal_volume

38

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