Rapid discrimination between BRO β-lactamases from clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis using restriction endonuclease analysis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-67

  Du Plessis, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ASSAY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0035129712     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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