Comparative evaluation of an automated repetitive-sequence-based PCR instrument versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in the setting of a Serratia marcescens nosocomial infection outbreak

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1690-1695

  Ligozzi, Marco ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a   Aldegheri, Marco ^a   Scalet, Giovanna ^a   Lo Cascio, Giuliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCE BASED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA INFECTION;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 77951775258     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01528-09     Document Type: Article

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