Epidemiologic typing of Escherichia coli using RAPD analysis, ribotyping and serotyping

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-87

  Vogel, L ^a   van Oorschot, E ^a   Maas, H M E ^b   Minderhoud, B ^a   Dijkshoorn, L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

E. coli; RAPD; Ribotyping; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034143220     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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