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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