Outbreak of amoxicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b: Variable number of tandem repeats as novel molecular markers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1517-1520

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Melchers, Willem J G ^b   Ijsseldijk, Cathelijn ^a   Nohlmans, Liesel ^c   Verbrugh, Henri ^a   Meis, Jacques F G M ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENETIC MARKER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 0030922326     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1517-1520.1997     Document Type: Article

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