Molecular typing of Mycobacterium abscessus based on tandem-repeat polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3084-3088

  Wong, Y L ^a   Ong, C S ^b   Ngeow, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGH GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYA GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GLPK GENE; GND GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MURC GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTA GENE; PURH GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865197319     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00753-12     Document Type: Article

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