Comparison of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and pulsed- field gel electrophoresis for typing of Moraxella catarrhalis strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 450-452

  Vu Thien, Hoang ^a   Dulot, Carole ^a   Moissenet, Didier ^a   Fauroux, Brigitte ^a   Garbarg Chenon, Antoine ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EID: 0032928260     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.450-452.1999     Document Type: Article

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