Use of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences to distinguish strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2860-2865

  Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,b   Baker, Meghan A ^a   Carroll, Patricia A ^a   Michel, James L ^b,c   Arbeit, Robert D ^d   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029910560     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2860-2865.1996     Document Type: Article

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