Genetic Testing
Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)PFGE was developed in 1984 and has since become the gold standard for bacterial subtyping. PFGE is the primary subtyping method used by PulseNet, a network of public health laboratories that perform PFGE on foodborne disease organisms such as Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Shigella (11), Listeria monocytogenes (7), and Campylobacter jejuni (12). PulseNet has been responsible for...
