Usefulness of inter-IS1 spacer polymorphisms for subtyping of Shigella sonnei isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3928-3933

  Chiou, Chien Shun ^a   Wei, Hsiao Lun ^a   Wang, You Wen ^a   Liao, Jui Cheng ^a   Li, Chun Chin ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33750959967     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01069-06     Document Type: Article

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