Verification of a PCR-based typing method for acinetobacter baumannii in a pseudo-outbreak investigation

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Cimolai, Nevio ^a   Trombley, Colleen ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030766512     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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