Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiological typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1096-1099

  Barbier, Noëlle ^a,b   Saulnier, Patrick ^b   Chachaty, Elisabeth ^b   Dumontier, Sandrine ^b   Andremont, Antoine ^c  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EID: 0029865928     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1096-1099.1996     Document Type: Article

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