Epidemiologic typing systems

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 595-604

  Maslow, Joel ^a   Mulligan, Maury Ellis ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030228109     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141947     Document Type: Article

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