Development of a PCR assay for rapid detection of enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3497-3503

  Ke, Danbing ^a   Picard, François J ^a   Martineau, Francis ^a   Ménard, Christian ^a   Roy, Paul H ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032862032     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3497-3503.1999     Document Type: Article

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