Differentiation of Leptospira species and serovars by PCR-restriction endonuclease analysis, arbitrarily primed PCR and low-stringency PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-181

  Brown, P D ^a   Levett, P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Leptospira Laboratory   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0031047609     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-2-173     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Kmety E, Dikken H. Revised list of Leptospira serovars accepted by the sub-committee on the taxonomy of Leptospira at the Manchester meeting, 6/7 September 1986. Groningen, University Press. 1988.
2. Kmety E, Dikken H. Classification of the species Leptospira interrogans and history of its serovars. Groningen, University Press. 1993: 1-8, 89-96.
3. Ramadass P, Jarvis BDW, Corner RJ, Penny D, Marshall RB. Genetic characterization of pathogenic Leptospira species by DNA hybridization. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42: 215-219.
4. Yasuda PH, Stiegerwalt AG, Sulzer KR, Kaufmann AF, Rogers F, Brenner DJ. Deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness between serogroups and serovars in the family Leptospiraceae with proposals for seven new Leptospira species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37: 407-415.
5. Faine S (ed). Guidelines for the control of leptospirosis. WHO Offset Publication No. 67. Geneva, World Health Organization. 1982: 20, 43.
6. Michna SW. Leptospirosis. Vet Rec 1970; 86: 484-496.
7. Turner LH. Leptospirosis II. Serology. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1968; 62: 880-899.
8. Everard JD, Everard COR. Leptospirosis in the Caribbean. Rev Med Microbiol 1993; 4: 114-122.
9. Everard COR, Edwards CN, Everard JD, Carrington DG. A twelve-year study of leptospirosis on Barbados. Eur J Epidemiol 1995; 11: 311-320.
10. Marshall RB, Wilton BE, Robinson AJ. Identification of Leptospira serovars by restriction-endonuclease analysis. J Med Microbiol 1981; 14: 163-166.
11. LeFebvre RB. DNA probe for detection of the Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo genotype hardjo-bovis. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25: 2236-2238.
12. van Eys GJJM, Zaal J, Schoone GJ, Terpstra WJ. DNA hybridization with hardjobovis-specific recombinant probes as a method for type discrimination of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134: 567-574.
13. Perolat P, Grimont F, Regnault B et al. rRNA gene restriction patterns of Leptospira: a molecular typing system. Res Microbiol 1990; 141: 159-171.
14. Zuerner RL, Bolin CA. Nucleic acid probe characterizes Leptospira interrogans serovars by restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Vet Microbiol 1990; 24: 355-366.
15. Herrmann JL, Bellenger E, Perolat P, Baranton G, Saint Girons I. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Not I digests of leptospiral DNA: a new rapid method of serovar identification. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30: 1696-1702.
16. Hookey JV. Characterization of Leptospiraceae by 16S DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139: 1681-1689.
17. Welsh J, McClelland M. Fingerprinting genomes using PCR with arbitrary primers. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18: 7213-7218.
18. Williams JGK, Kubelik AR, Livak KJ, Rafalski JA, Tingey SV. DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18: 6531-6535.
19. Elaichouni A, Verschraegen G, Claeys G, Devleeschouwer M, Godard C, Vaneechoutte M. Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O12 outbreak studied by arbitrary primer PCR. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 666-671.
20. Corney BG, Colley J, Djordjevic SP, Whittington R, Graham GC. Rapid identification of some Leptospira isolates from cattle by random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2927-2932.
21. Levett PN, Bennett P, O'Donaghue K, Bowker K, Reeves D, MacGowan A. Relapsed infection due to Listeria monocytogenes confirmed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. J Infect 1993; 27: 205-207.
22. Welsh J, Pretzman C, Postic D, Saint Girons I, Baranton G, McClelland M. Genomic fingerprinting by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction resolves Borrelia burgdorferi into three distinct phyletic groups. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42: 370-377.
23. Gravekamp C, van de Kemp H, Franzen M et al. Detection of seven species of pathogenic leptospires by PCR using two sets of primers. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139: 1691-1700.
24. Ellinghausen HC, McCullough WG. Nutrition of Leptospira pomona and growth of 13 other serotypes: fractionation of oleic albumin complex and a medium of bovine albumin and polysorbate 80. Am J Vet Res 1965; 26: 45-51.
25. Johnson RC, Harris VG. Differentiation of pathogenic and saprophytic leptospires. I. Growth at low temperatures. J Bacteriol 1967; 94: 27-31.
26. Brown PD, Gravekamp C, Carrington DG et al. Evaluation of the polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of leptospirosis. J Med Microbiol 1995; 43: 110-114.
27. Hunter PR, Gaston MA. Numerical index of the discriminatory ability of typing systems: an application of Simpson's index of diversity. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26: 2465-2466.
28. Savio ML, Rossi C, Fusi P, Tagliablue S, Pacciarini ML. Detection and identification of Leptospira interrogans serovars by PCR coupled with restriction endonuclease analysis of amplified DNA. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 935-941.
29. Damas de Caballero OLS, Dias Neto E, Koury MC, Romanha AJ, Simpson AJG. Low-stringency PCR with diagnostically useful primers for identification of Leptospira serovars. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 1369-1372.
30. Herrmann JL. Genomic techniques for identification of Leptospira strains. Pathol Biol 1993; 41: 943-950.
31. Tamai T, Sada E, Kobayashi Y. Restriction endonuclease DNA analysis of Leptospira interrogans serovars leterohaemorrhagiae and Copenhageni. Microbiol Immunol 1988; 32: 887-894.