Characterization of clinically isolated Ralstonia mannitolilytica strains using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing and antimicrobial sensitivity, and comparison of the classification efficacy of phenotypic and genotypic assays

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Daxboeck, Florian ^a   Stadler, Maria ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^a   Marko, Eva ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^a   Koller, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEFEROXAMINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA MANNITOLILYTICA; RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DEFEROXAMINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANNITOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PHENOTYPE; RALSTONIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

EID: 12744280723     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45656-0     Document Type: Article

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