Clinical evaluation of repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction using the DiversiLab System for strain typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-187

  Pounder, June I ^a,b   Shutt, Cheryl K ^a   Schaecher, Barbara J ^b   Woods, Gail L ^a,c  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

DiversiLab System; Repetitive sequence based PCR; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33644626703     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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