Molecular bacteriology: A diagnostic tool for the millennium

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Pitt, Tyrone L ^a   Saunders, Nicholas A ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA PROBES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FORECASTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033959833     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.1.71     Document Type: Review

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