Rapid identification of laboratory contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using variable number tandem repeat analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-74

  Gascoyne Binzi, D M ^a   Barlow, R E L ^a   Frothingham, R ^a   Robinson, G ^a   Collyns, T A ^a   Gelletlie, R ^a   Hawkey, P M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TANDEM REPEAT; TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035161884     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.69-74.2001     Document Type: Article

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