Development and validation of a pulsenet standardized protocol for subtyping isolates of cronobacter species

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 861-867

  Brengi, Silvina P ^a,b   O'Brien, Stephen B ^b   Pichel, Mariana ^a   Iversen, Carol ^b,f   Arduino, Matthew ^c   Binsztein, Norma ^a   Jensen, Bette ^c   Pagotto, Franco ^d   Ribot, Efrain M ^c   Stephan, Roger ^e   Cernela, Nicole ^e   Cooper, Kara ^c   Fanning, Séamus ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SPEI ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XBAI ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CRONOBACTER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSENET; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; CRONOBACTER; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FOOD, PRESERVED; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MILK; MOLECULAR TYPING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 84867030301     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1161     Document Type: Article

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