Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from United Kingdom Hospitals with Predominant Northern European Genotypes by Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 832-834

  Spence, Richard P ^a   Van Der Reijden, Tanny J K ^b   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^b   Towner, Kevin J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1242269302     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.832-834.2004     Document Type: Article

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