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87152 Culture type pulse field gel

Pathology & Lab

Also known as: PFGE, pulsed-field gel, fingerprinting, molecular typing

Culture typing of organisms using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis technique to create a DNA fingerprint pattern for strain identification and differentiation.

Clinical Context

Used for outbreak investigation and epidemiologic tracking to determine if isolated organisms are identical or related. Particularly valuable for nosocomial infection investigation.

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Specialties

pathologymicrobiologyinfection control

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