Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Using Rapid DNA-Based Diagnostic Tests

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 560-564

  Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b   Ouellette, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Fonds de Rech en S du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032130330     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141780     Document Type: Article

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