Differentiation between high and low virulence Staphylococcus aureus strains from rabbits by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 311-319

  Hermans, K ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Vaneechoutte, M ^b   Devriese, L A ^a   Godard, C ^c   De Herdt, P ^a  

^a Fac V   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Belgium)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Rabbit; RAPD; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0034654539     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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