CLSI MM11 P : 1ED 2006

Abstract
Committee Membership
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Standard Precautions
3 Terminology
   3.1 Definitions
   3.2 Comments on Microbiological and Epidemiologic
        Definitions
   3.3 Abbreviations and Acronyms
4 The Biology Behind Molecular Strain Typing
   4.1 Sources of Genetic Variation
   4.2 Population Structure of Bacterial Species
   4.3 Impact of Selective Pressure on Diversity
   4.4 Applications of Molecular Strain Typing
5 Validation of Typing Methodologies
   5.1 Reproducibility
   5.2 Discriminatory Power
   5.3 Requirements for Characterizing a Molecular Typing
        System
   5.4 Assessment of Competency for Molecular Strain Typing
6 Methods for Molecular Strain Typing
   6.1 Controls
   6.2 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)
   6.3 Ribotyping
   6.4 Sequence-based Strain Typing
   6.5 Repetitive Sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR)
7 Analyzing Electrophoretic Typing Data
   7.1 Visual Analysis of Electrophoresis Gels
   7.2 Analyzing Electrophoresis Gels by Software
   7.3 Population Genetics and the Analysis of PFGE
        Patterns: A Cautionary Note
8 Analyzing Sequence Data
   8.1 Percent Identity
   8.2 Pattern Recognition
   8.3 BURST
   8.4 Sequence Analysis Methods for Evolutionary Genetics
9 Interpreting Variation in Molecular Typing
   9.1 Categories of Genotypic Relatedness in Molecular
        Strain Typing
   9.2 Step One: Identify the "Reference Isolate" or Type
        That Focuses the Question
   9.3 Step Two: Compare Each Isolate to the Reference
        Isolate
   9.4 Translating Genotypic Relatedness Into Epidemiologic
        and Clinical Relatedness
   9.5 Comparison to the "Tenover Criteria"
10 Reporting Molecular Typing Results
11 General Technical Issues
   11.1 Identifying Isolates
   11.2 Archiving Isolates-Freezing
12 Examples of Molecular Typing of Bacterial Species
   12.1 Streptococcus pyogenes
   12.2 Streptococcus pneumoniae
References
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Examines the biology behind molecular strain typing and the process of characterizing and validating typing systems.