typing

[tīp´ing]

in transplantation immunology, a method of measuring the degree of organ, solid tissue, or blood compatibility between two individuals, in which specific histocompatibility antigens (such as those on leukocytes or erythrocytes) are detected by means of suitable isoimmune antisera.

blood typing (typing of blood) determining the character of the blood on the basis of agglutinogens in the erythrocytes; see also blood group.

phage typing characterization of bacteria, extending to strain differences, by demonstration of susceptibility to one or more races (a spectrum) of bacteriophage; widely applied to staphylococci, typhoid bacilli, and other organisms for epidemiological purposes.

tissue typing identification of the human leukocyte antigens of the donor and recipient of a transplant or transfusion; see also tissue typing.

phage typing

a technique that uses BACTERIOPHAGES to identify BACTERIA on the basis of their susceptibility to specific phages.

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Epidemiology & antibiograms of Vibrio cholerae isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, north India

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Salmonella serotype enteritidis infections among workers producing poultry vaccine--Maine, November-December 2006

36 random isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were sent for phage typing. Of these 66.6% were phage typable of the group III.

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Antimicrobial drug sensitivity testing, phage typing, and MLVA typing of isolates produced results indistinguishable from those of the outbreak strain.

Salmonellosis outbreak traced to playground sand, Australia, 2007-2009

The phage typing pattern (Basu and Mukherjee scheme) of V.

Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi

The phage typing was consistent with the overall country wide, epidemiological data M which reported Type [T.sub.27] to be predominant and with this our study revealed a high percentage of children affected in the outbreak.

Cholera in Bidar district of Karnataka state, India

Ledwolorz, and staff of the Health Protection Agency Salmonella Reference Unit for phage typing; and I.

Potential international spread of multidrug-resistant invasive Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis

Phage typing of the E cholerae isolates was carried out using Basu and Mukherjee's (8) and new phage typing scheme (9).

Occurrence, significance & molecular epidemiology of cholera outbreaks in West Bengal

For bacteriophage typing, these isolates were sent to the National reference centre, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for Staphylococcal phage typing, and results for 104 were obtained.

Staphylococcus aureus phage groups and their relation to antibiotic resistance pattern in a tertiary care hospital, south Tamil Nadu

The Vi phage typing scheme from the Colindale Institute London was used for Salmonella spp.

Bacteremia and antimicrobial drug resistance over time, Ghana