J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01155-08
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Detection of Resistance to Macrolides in Thermotolerant Campylobacter species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
Michaela Haas,
Andreas Essig,
Edda Bartelt,
and
Sven Poppert*
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm; Institute for Fish and Fishproducts, Cuxhaven; Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
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Resistance of enteritis-causing Campylobacter to erythromycin is an emerging problem. We therefore evaluated fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for rapid detection of resistance using 74 campylobacter isolates. FISH showed specificity and sensitivity of 100% for the detection of high-level resistance.