Comparison of three methods for the molecular typing of Singapore isolates of enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistances

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Chiew, Y F ^a,b   Hall, L M C ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Molecular typing; PFGE; RAPD; RFLP

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031941242     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90278-X     Document Type: Article

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