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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 February; 31(2): 300-305

Molecular hybridization versus isoelectric focusing to determine TEM-type beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacteria.

M Jouvenot, M L Deschaseaux, M Royez, C Mougin, R C Cooksey, Y Michel-Briand and G L Adessi

ABSTRACT

Isoelectric focusing and molecular hybridization with a TEM DNA probe were used to screen for TEM beta-lactamase in 328 bacterial isolates representing 11 gram-negative genera. The TEM enzyme was detected in 50% of isolates, and nine additional types of beta-lactamase could be identified in 36.9% of isolates. The TEM gene was detected in 53.6% of isolates. The results obtained by both methods were concordant in 92.7% of the entire sample. In situ colony hybridization with a specific probe therefore appears to be a convenient method to screen rapidly for the presence of homologous genetic sequences among a large number of isolates. Positive hybridization was observed for 16 isolates in which no TEM beta-lactamase was detected by isoelectric focusing. The significance of this hybridization remains to be determined.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 February; 31(2): 300-305

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