Multicenter study using standardized protocols and reagents for evaluation of reproducibility of PCR-based fingerprinting of Acinetobacter spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3071-3077

  Grundmann, H J ^a   Towner, K J ^b   Dijkshoorn, L ^c   Gerner Smidt, P ^d   Maher, M ^e   Seifert, H ^f   Vaneechoutte, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; REAGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030719952     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3071-3077.1997     Document Type: Article

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