Typing of Nocardia farcinica by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis reveals an endemic strain as source of hospital infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 118-122

  Blumel J ^a   Blumel E ^a   Yassin, A F ^a   Schmidt Rotte, H ^b   Schaal, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA FARCINICA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 2642714932     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.118-122.1998     Document Type: Article

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