Repetitive sequence-based PCR versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for typing of Enterococcus faecalis at the subspecies level

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 211-215

  Malathum, Kumthorn ^a,b   Singh, Kavindra V ^a,b   Weinstock, George M ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL ANERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031984818     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.211-215.1998     Document Type: Article

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