Evaluation of arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction analysis for typing Legionella pneumophila

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-154

  Maes, Nicole ^a,c   Wauters, Georges ^b   Struelens, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Bacterial typing; Legionella pneumophila; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0031916231     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00378.x     Document Type: Article

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