Evaluation of arbitrarily primed PCR analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of large genomic DNA fragments for identification of enterococci important in human medicine

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 555-561

  Descheemaeker, P ^a,d   Lammens, C ^a   Pot, B ^b   Vandamme, P ^a,c   Goossens, H ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030968076     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-555     Document Type: Article

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