Lack of correlation between phenotypic techniques and PCR-based genotypic methods for identification of Enterococcus spp.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Velasco, David ^a   Perez, Sonia ^a   Peña, Fernanda ^a   Dominguez, M Angeles ^b   Cartelle, Monica ^a   Molina, Francisca ^a   Moure, Rita ^a   Villanueva, Rosa ^a   Bou, German ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigación Biomédica   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 3042796973     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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