MLVA is a valuable tool in epidemiological investigations of Escherichia coli and for disclosing multiple carriage

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 579-586

  Christiansson, Malin ^a   Melin, Sara ^a   Matussek, Andreas ^a   Löfgren, Sture ^a   Söderman, Jan ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiological typing; Methodological concordance; Multiple locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA); PhenePlate; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PERINEUM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINE;

EID: 79960472916     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.568953     Document Type: Article

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