Assessment of band-based similarity coefficients for automatic type and subtype classification of microbial isolates analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5483-5490

  Carrico J A ^a,d   Pinto, F R ^a   Simas, C ^a   Nunes, S ^a   Sousa, N G ^a   Frazao N ^a   De Lencastre, H ^a,b   Almeida, J S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BAND BASED SIMILARITY COEFFICIENT; DICE COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JACCARD COEFFICIENT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN SIMILARITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DAY CARE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27744601905     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5483-5490.2005     Document Type: Article

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