Comparison of PFGE and multilocus sequence typing for analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1308-1310

  Vimont, Sophie ^a   Mnif, Basma ^a   Fevre, Cindy ^b   Brisse, Sylvain ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 53749091581     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/003798-0     Document Type: Letter

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