Probe for the diagnosis of an infectious disease caused by staphylococcus epidermidis

摘要

A probe useful for rapidly detecting and identifying bacteria causative of infectious diseases is provided by completely digesting DNAs extracted from principal bacteria causative of infectious diseases with Hind III, cloning the digestion product to a suitable vector, and selecting a probe containing DNA fragments peculiar to each of the bacteria. A standard DNA sequence suitable for comparison with that of a genomic DNA contained in a clinical specimen is provided by clarifying the base sequence of the selected probe.