Outbreak of Staphylococcus schleiferi wound infections: Strain characterization by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, PCR ribotyping, conventional ribotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2214-2219

  Kluytmans, Jan ^a   Berg, Hans ^a   Steegh, Paul ^a   Vandenesch, François ^b   Etienne, Jerome ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^c  

^a Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031925904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2214-2219.1998     Document Type: Article

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