Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), pulsed-field gelelectrophoresis (PFGE), and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses were used to investigate a possible outbreak of Nocardia farcinica. RAPD and PFGE analyses yielded irreproducible and unsatisfactory results, respectively. AFLP analysis seem to be a promising and welcome addition for molecular analysis of Nocardia isolates. Copyright

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Kalpoe, J. S., Templeton, K. E., Horrevorts, A. M., Endtz, H., Kuijper, E., Bernards, A., & Klaassen, C. (2007). Molecular typing of a suspected cluster of Nocardia farcinica infections by use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and amplified fragment length polymorphism analyses. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45(12), 4048–4050. doi:10.1128/JCM.00932-07