International quality control of phage typing of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 511-516

  Marples, R R ^a   Rosdahl, V T ^b   Pessat, O A N ^c   Vickery, A ^d   Godard, C ^e   Mamizuka, E M ^f   Toshkova, K ^g   Johnson, W M ^h   Chao, Zhu ⁱ   Petras, P ^j   Cookson, B D ^k   Vuopio Varkila, J ^l   El Solh, N ^m   Schaal, K P ⁿ   Mak, W P ^o   Milch, H ^p   Mathur, M D ^q   Samra, Z ^r   Iyobe, S ^s   Cho, D T ^t   Udo, E E ^u   Hanifah, Y A ^v   Van Leeuwen, W J ^w   Heffernan, H ^x   Galinski, J ^y   Melo Cristino, J A G ^z   Negut, M ^aa   Dmitrenko, O ^ab   Osoba, A O ^ac   Klugman, K P ^ad   Vindel, A ^ae   Sunthadvanich, R ^z   more..

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^h LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

ⁱ Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^k Evaluation and Standards Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^o DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^p National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^q MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^r TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^s GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^u KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^x INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^y MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^z Gamaleya Institute ^*

^aa CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^ab GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^ac The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^ad Institute for Medical Research   (Saudi Arabia)

^ae INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 8244222306     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-6-511     Document Type: Article

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