Molecular typing of selected Enterococcus faecalis isolates: Pilot study using multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 868-876

  Nallapareddy, Sreedhar R ^a   Duh, Ruay Wang ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; LAMININ; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036200308     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.868-876.2002     Document Type: Article

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