Use of PFGE to characterize clonal relationships among Belgian clinical isolates of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-402

  Yde, Marc ^a   Genicot, Annie ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

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ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; CADMIUM; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 2342457674     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05356-0     Document Type: Article

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