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Non-radioactive ribotyping of Haemophilus ducreyi using a digoxigenin labelled cDNA probe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

T. J. Brown  and
C. A. Ison
T. J. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London W2 1PG
C. A. Ison
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London W2 1PG
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Haemophilus ducreyi, the causal organism of chancroid, has increased in significance recently due to its association with HIV transmission. Most previous typing systems have exploited phenotypie characteristics. Detection of ribosomal RNA cistrons, ribotyping, was successfully developed to examine H. ducreyi, but required the use of 32P.

We have used digoxigenin to define ribotypes from 30 strains of H. ducreyi from diverse geographical locations. This was achieved by agarose gel electrophoresis of restriction enzyme (RE) digested DNA extracts. These extracts were vacublotted onto nylon membrane and probed using digoxigenin labelled complementary DNA probe, prepared from Escherichia coli 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA. From 19 REs tested, Ava II, Hinc II, Bgl II and BstE II gave clear ribotypes. The ribotypes of BstE II and Bgl II used together gave the highest index of discrimination (D = 0·95), 16 types, and showed good reproducibility. This nonradioactive method demonstrates the three important features of a typing system: discrimination, typability and reproducibility.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 289 - 295
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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