Discriminatory power and usefulness of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in epidemiological studies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Talon, D ^a   Cailleaux, V ^a   Thouverez, M ^a   Michel Briand, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Contour clamped homogeneous electric field; Discriminatory power; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0029920528     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90055-9     Document Type: Article

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