Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the analysis of Listeria monocytogenes infection clusters after kidney transplantation

Urological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Reek, C ^a   Tenschert, W ^a   Elsner, H A ^b   Kaulfers, P M ^b   Huland, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Nosocomial infection; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0034086753     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050144     Document Type: Article

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