Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR for comparison of Mycobacterium abscessus strains from nosocomial outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3132-3139

  Zhang, Yansheng ^a   Rajagopalan, Malini ^a   Brown, Barbara A ^a   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE;

EID: 0030699049     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3132-3139.1997     Document Type: Article

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