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1
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Inhibitors of DNA polymerase

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nitrate, crystals, hemoglobin, and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin

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critical for monitoring reagents for carry-over contamina- tion.

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Reagent blank or contamination controls

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aimed at a target that is always present can be incorporated into an amplification assay.

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amplification control

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4
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are amplification controls that mon- itor particular steps of an amplification method

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Internal controls

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FDA-Approved/Cleared Test Methods

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Real-time PCR

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6
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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16S rDNA
P1 adhesion gene

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7
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae

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Cloned Pst I fragment
16S rRNA
MOMP

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8
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Legionella

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5S rRNA mip gene

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9
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Bordetella pertussis

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IS 481

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10
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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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lytA (autolysin)
pbp2b

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11
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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16S rRNA

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12
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test takes 6.5–8 hours to complete

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AMPLICOR MTB

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13
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Treponema pallidum

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polA

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14
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Mycoplasma genitalium

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rDNA gene

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15
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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Urease gene

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16
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Haemophilus ducreyi

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groEL gene
p27

17
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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opa gene

18
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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MOMP

19
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Inhibits protein synthesis

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Macrolides (erythromycin)

20
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Staphylococcus aureus

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Oxacillin - mecA

21
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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Penicillin - pbp1a and pbp1b

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Enterococcus

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Vancomycin - vanA

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Salmonella

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Quinolones - gyrA

24
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Mycobacterium
tuberculosis

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Rifampin - rpoB

25
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This method has been used for typing numerous species, including strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium avium, Escherichia coli, N. gonorrhoeae, VRE, and MRSA.

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Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis

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Criteria for PFGE Pattern Interpretation

Closely related

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1 2–3. Test isolate is closely related to the outbreak strain

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This method is performed by cutting DNA with restriction enzymes, resolving the resulting frag- ments by gel electrophoresis, and then transferring the separated fragments to a membrane for probing with a specific probe.

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Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

28
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Performance Comparison of Representative Molecular Epidemiology Methods

Plasmid analysis

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Good -> Good -> Good -> High -> Good

29
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Performance Comparison of Representative Molecular Epidemiology Methods

PFGE

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High -> High -> High -> Moderate -> Good-Moderate

30
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Performance Comparison of Representative Molecular Epidemiology Methods

Chromosomal RFLP

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High -> Good -> Good -> High -> Moderate-poor

31
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Performance Comparison of Representative Molecular Epidemiology Method

PCR-RF LP

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Good -> Moderate -> Good -> High -> High

32
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Performance Comparison of Representative Molecular Epidemiology Method

Sequencing

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High -> High -> High -> Moderate -> Good-High