DNA Fingerprinting of Ralstonia paucula by Infrequent-Restriction-Site PCR and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5747-5749

  Moissenet, Didier ^a   Vu Thien, Hoang ^a   Benzerara, Yahia ^b   Arlet, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFREQUENT RESTRICTION SITE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA PAUCULA; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RALSTONIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA PAUCULA;

EID: 0346848921     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5747-5749.2003     Document Type: Article

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