Interest of typing methods to study Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains;Apport des méthodes de typage dans l'étude des souches de Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-388

  Patey, O ^a   Bimet, F ^b   Riegel, Ph ^c   Halioua, B ^a   Emond, J P ^a   Dellion, S ^a   Andronescu, C ^d   Grimont, P A D ^b   Kiredjian, M ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibiotype; Biotype; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Gel pulsed field electrophoresis; Lysotype; Ribotype; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029891494     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(96)80179-x     Document Type: Article

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