Fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis of an outbreak of group A streptococcal invasive disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3133-3137

  Desai, Meeta ^a   Tanna, Asha ^a   Wall, Robert ^b   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a   George, Robert ^a   Stanley, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0031670594     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3133-3137.1998     Document Type: Article

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