Standardization and international multicenter validation of a pulsenet pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for subtyping Shigella flexneri isolates

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 418-424

  Pichel, Mariana ^a   Brengi, Silvina P ^a   Cooper, Kara L F ^b   Ribot, Efrain M ^b   Al Busaidy, Suleiman ^c   Araya, Pamela ^d   Fernández, Jorge ^d   Vaz, Tania Ibelli ^e   Kam, Kai Man ^f   Morcos, Myriam ^g   Nielsen, Eva M ^h   Nadon, Celine ⁱ   Pimentel, Guillermo ^g   Pérez Gutiérrez, Enrique ^j   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^b   Binsztein, Norma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Central Public Health Laboratory   (Oman)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^f Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

^g US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^j PAHO/WHO   (Panama)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENZYME APAI; RESTRICTION ENZYME ASCI; RESTRICTION ENZYME BLNI; RESTRICTION ENZYME NOTI; RESTRICTION ENZYME SFII; RESTRICTION ENZYME SMAI; RESTRICTION ENZYME SPEI; RESTRICTION ENZYME XBAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HONG KONG; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 84860551825     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1067     Document Type: Article

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