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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 469-471, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01915-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Diagnostic Identification of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius{triangledown}

Jeanette Bannoehr,1 Alessia Franco,2 Manuela Iurescia,2 Antonio Battisti,2 and J. Ross Fitzgerald1*

The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom,1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178 Rome, Italy2

Received 3 October 2008/ Returned for modification 25 November 2008/ Accepted 11 December 2008

We report the first diagnostic test for the identification of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius involving a simple PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism approach. The method allows discrimination of S. pseudintermedius from the closely related members of the Staphylococcus intermedius group and other important staphylococcal pathogens of humans and dogs.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, Little France, Edinburgh E164SB, Scotland, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 131 2429376. Fax: 44 131 242 9385. E-mail: Ross.Fitzgerald{at}ed.ac.uk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 December 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 469-471, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01915-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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