Molecular epidemiology of nosocomial infection: Analysis of chromosomal restriction fragment patterns by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 595-600

  Goering, Richard V ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 85047691683     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/646645     Document Type: Article

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