Phenotypic characteristics of Enterococcus faecium variants confirmed by intergenic ribosomal polymerase chain reaction and E. faecium polymerase chain reaction

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-273

  Park, Yeon Joon ^a   Oh, Eun Jee ^a   Kim, Byung Kee ^a   Kim, Sun Moo ^a   Shim, Sang In ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0032810178     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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