Usefulness of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in assessing nosocomial transmission of pertussis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 758-760

  Nouvellon, Michèle ^a   Gehanno, Jean François ^b   Pestel Caron, Martine ^b   Weber, Christian ^b   Lemeland, Jean François ^b   Guiso, Nicole ^b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NURSE; PERTUSSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0033228051     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501579     Document Type: Article

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