Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat polymorphism among Brazilian Enterococcus faecalis strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4879-4881

  Titze de Almeida, Ricardo ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^c,e   Top, Janetta ^a,e   Rodrigues, Isabela Pereira ^a   Ferreira II, Renato Fonseca ^a   Boelens, Hélène ^d   Brandileone, Maria Christina C ^b   Zanella, Rosemeire C ^b   Felipe, Maria Sueli Soares ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 5444231776     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4879-4881.2004     Document Type: Article

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