Comparison of different DNA fingerprinting techniques for molecular typing of Bartonella henselae isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2973-2981

  Sander, Anna ^a   Ruess, Michael ^a   Bereswill, Stefan ^a   Schuppler, Markus ^b   Steinbrueckner, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLACEAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031679424     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2973-2981.1998     Document Type: Article

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