Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is more discriminating than multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis for typing pyogenic streptococci

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-229

  Bert, Frédéric ^a   Branger, Catherine ^a   Lambert Zechovsky, Nicole ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030891921     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900173     Document Type: Article

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