A universal approach to bacterial molecular epidemiology by polymerase chain reaction ribotyping

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 204-208

  Kostman, Jay R ^a,b   Alden, Mitchell B ^a,b   Mair, Michael ^a,b   Edlind, Thomas D ^a,b   Li Puma, John J ^a,b   Stull, Terrence L ^a,b  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028847554     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.1.204     Document Type: Article

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