Polymerase chain reaction-mediated typing of microorganisms: Tracking dissemination of genes and genomes

Electrophoresis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 602-607

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a   Licciardello, Lidia ^b   Stefani, Stefania ^b   Grubb, Warren ^c   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Goessens, Wil H F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Molecular epidemiology; Penicillin binding protein; Polymerase chain reaction; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; lactamase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CHAINS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

GENES ENCODING; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN- RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TOOLS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PENICILLIN- BINDING PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; Β-LACTAMASE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031918281     PISSN: 01730835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150190424     Document Type: Short Survey

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