Rapid identification of clinically relevant Enterococcus species by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3424-3426

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Bartel, Melanie ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Poppert, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 35348891526     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00861-07     Document Type: Article

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