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To evaluate the discriminatory power, coverage, and reproducibility of a 25-bacteriophage typing set for Enterobacter cloacae.

December 1, 1987Journal of Medical Microbiology

Evaluation of a bacteriophage-typing scheme for Enterobacter cloacae

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MGM A GastonUniversité de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

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Laboratory evaluation demonstrates high strain discrimination using a bacteriophage-typing scheme in Enterobacter cloacae, suggesting strong utility when combined with O serology.

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To evaluate the discriminatory power, coverage, and reproducibility of a 25-bacteriophage typing set for Enterobacter cloacae.
Tested a panel of 25 typing phages against N=384 Enterobacter cloacae isolates.
Evaluated discrimination across major O serotypes (O3 and O8) and measured reproducibility in duplicate tests on the same day versus after 18 months.
Of 384 test strains, 93.8% were lysed by at least one phage, with a mean of 7.3 reactions per strain, producing 325 unique patterns.
Discriminatory efficiency reached 0.9 patterns per strain within the common O3 and O8 serotypes.
Phage typing patterns showed 100% reproducibility in same-day duplicates, but reproducibility dropped to 40% when retested after 18 months.

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M A Gaston (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1da2fe750575be8d2faed0 https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-24-4-291

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Laboratory evaluation demonstrates high strain discrimination using a bacteriophage-typing scheme in Enterobacter cloacae, suggesting strong utility when combined with O serology.

Evaluation of a bacteriophage-typing scheme for Enterobacter cloacae

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