Evaluation of a nine-locus variable-number tandem-repeat scheme for typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1111-1116

  Turton, J F ^a   Turton, S E ^a   Yearwood, L ^a   Yarde, S ^a   Kaufmann, M E ^a   Pitt, T L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE OXA 50 LIKE PROTEIN; DRUG CARRIER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPRD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; OPRD PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77955148076     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03049.x     Document Type: Article

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