Phene plate (PhP) biochemical fingerprinting: A screening method for epidemiological typing of enterococcal isolates?

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 603-612

  Saeedi, Baharak ^a,c   Tarnberg M ^a   Gill, H ^a   Halloren A ^a   Jonasson, J ^a   Nilsson, L E ^a   Isaksson, B ^a   Kuhn I ^b   Hanberger, H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemical fingerprinting; Enterococci; Phene plate (PhP); Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (pfge)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 27644454778     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_217.x     Document Type: Article

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