Phenotyping and genotyping methods applied to investigate the relatedness of Brazilian isolates of Enterobacter cloacae

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1077-1081

  Darini, A L C ^a   Magalhaes V D ^b   Levy, C L ^c   Barth, A L ^d   Coscina, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c Laboratórios Pfizer   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Nosocomial infection; Phage typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Ribotyping; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033193254     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000900004     Document Type: Article

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