Molecular epidemiology of Listeria monocytogenes infections in a health district of Madrid in a 3-year period (2001-2003);Epidemiología molecular de las infecciones por Listeria monocytogenes en un área de Madrid durante un período de 3 años (2001-2003)

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-89

  García Álvarez, Mónica ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a   Sanz, Francisca ^a   Otero, Joaquín R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Molecular epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33645380835     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13085014     Document Type: Article

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