Use of AFLP, plasmid typing and phenotyping in a comparative study to assess genetic diversity of Shigella flexneri strains

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-450

  Herrera, S ^a   Cabrera, R ^a,b   Ramirez, M M ^a,b   Usera, M A ^a   Echeita, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DIARRHEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0036978906     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268802007562     Document Type: Review

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