Analysis of multilocus sequence typing schemes for 35 different bacteria revealed that gene loci of 10 bacteria could be replaced to improve cost-effectiveness

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-323

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Tsang, Alan K L ^b   Wong, Annette Y P ^b   Chen, Hui ^c   Chu, Jocelyn ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gene; MLST; Typing

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959241403     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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