The application of molecular techniques to the study of hospital infection

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 662-668

  Andrei, Anca ^a   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDE; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33646709252     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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