Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing of multidrug resistant enterococcus faecium urinary isolates from a tertiary care centre, Northern India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2721-2723

  Banerjee, Tuhina ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clonal cluster; E.faecium; Rapd typing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84890484170     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6541.3742     Document Type: Article

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