Genetic diversity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae IB-2 and IB-6 isolates revealed by whole-cell repetitive element sequence-based PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Poh, Chit Laa ^a,c   Ramachandran, Vandana ^a   Tapsall, John W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030060637     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.292-295.1996     Document Type: Article

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