Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from human listeriosis cases in Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2925-2930

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Aleo, Aurora ^a   Romani, Cristina ^b   Pellissier, Nathalie ^c   Nicoletti, Pierluigi ^d   Pecile, Patrizia ^d   Nastasi, Antonino ^b   Pontello, Mirella M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 69949086014     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00102-09     Document Type: Article

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