RAPD-PCR and PFGE as tools in the investigation of an outbreak of beta-haemolytic Streptococcus group A in a Swedish hospital

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Gonzalez Rey C ^a   Belin, A M ^b   Jorbeck H ^b   Norman, M ^b   Krovacek, K ^a   Henriques, B ^c   Kallenius G ^c,d   Svenson, S B ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beta haemolytic streptococci group A; Fingerprinting; Nosocomial infection; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; T type 8,25

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNITY WARD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SWEDEN;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037211089     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(02)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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