Molecular characterization of human clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica bioserotype 1B/O8 in poland: emergence and dissemination of three highly related clones

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1225-1228

  Gierczyński, Rafal ^a   Szych, Jolanta ^a   Rastawicki, Waldemar ^a   Wardak, Sebastian ^a   Jagielski, Marek ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EUROPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; YERSINIA INFECTION;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249119637     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01321-08     Document Type: Article

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