1. Method of Selection of Bacteria Antibiotic Resistance Genes Based on Clustering of Similar Nucleotide Sequences.
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Balashov IS, Naumov VA, Borovikov PI, Gordeev AB, Dubodelov DV, Lyubasovskaya LA, Rodchenko YV, Bystritskii AA, Aleksandrova NV, Trofimov DY, and Priputnevich TV
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- Aminoglycosides pharmacology, DNA Primers genetics, Enterococcus faecalis drug effects, Enterococcus faecalis genetics, Enterococcus faecalis growth & development, Escherichia coli drug effects, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli growth & development, Fluoroquinolones pharmacology, Fusidic Acid pharmacology, Gardnerella vaginalis drug effects, Gardnerella vaginalis genetics, Gardnerella vaginalis growth & development, Glycopeptides pharmacology, Klebsiella pneumoniae drug effects, Klebsiella pneumoniae genetics, Klebsiella pneumoniae growth & development, Lincosamides pharmacology, Macrolides pharmacology, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Multigene Family, Staphylococcus drug effects, Staphylococcus genetics, Staphylococcus growth & development, Streptococcus agalactiae drug effects, Streptococcus agalactiae genetics, Streptococcus agalactiae growth & development, beta-Lactams pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Bacterial Typing Techniques methods, DNA Primers chemical synthesis, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods
- Abstract
A new method for selection of bacterium antibiotic resistance genes is proposed and tested for solving the problems related to selection of primers for PCR assay. The method implies clustering of similar nucleotide sequences and selection of group primers for all genes of each cluster. Clustering of resistance genes for six groups of antibiotics (aminoglycosides, β-lactams, fluoroquinolones, glycopeptides, macrolides and lincosamides, and fusidic acid) was performed. The method was tested for 81 strains of bacteria of different genera isolated from patients (K. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus spp., S. agalactiae, E. faecalis, E. coli, and G. vaginalis). The results obtained by us are comparable to those in the selection of individual genes; this allows reducing the number of primers necessary for maximum coverage of the known antibiotic resistance genes during PCR analysis.
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- 2017
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