Rapid Multiple-Locus Variant-Repeat Assay (MLVA) for genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2502-2508

  Radtke, Andreas ^a,b   Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^c   Afset, Jan Egil ^a,b   Bergh, Kåre ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMPUTER MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MULTIPLE-LOCUS VARIANT REPEAT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 77954432930     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00234-10     Document Type: Article

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