Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the epidemiological typing of Campylobacter jejuni

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 103-108

  Shi, Zhi Yuan ^b   Liu, Peter Yuk Fong ^a   Lau, Yeu Jun ^b   Lin, Yu Hui ^b   Hu, Bor Shen ^b   Tsai, Hui Ning ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030295025     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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