Molecular typing of a suspected cluster of Nocardia farcinica infections by use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and amplified fragment length polymorphism analyses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4048-4050

  Kalpoe, J S ^a   Templeton, K E ^a   Horrevorts, A M ^b   Endtz, H P ^c   Kuijper, E J ^a   Bernards, A T ^a   Klaassen, C H W ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA;

EID: 37249005810     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00932-07     Document Type: Article

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