An epidemiological study of Salmonella enteritidis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE): Several PFGE patterns observed in isolates from a food poisoning outbreak

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 873-875

  Murase, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakamura, Akiko ^b,c   Matsushima, Akiyoshi ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PLASMID DNA;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; POINT MUTATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0030458383     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01153.x     Document Type: Article

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