IS element IS16 as a molecular screening tool to identify hospital-associated strains of Enterococcus faecium

BACKGROUND: Hospital strains of Enterococcus faecium could be characterized and typed by various molecular methods (MLST, AFLP, MLVA) and allocated to a distinct clonal complex known as MLST CC17. However, these techniques are laborious, time-consuming and cost-intensive. Our aim was to identify hos...

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Autores principales: Werner, Guido, Fleige, Carola, Geringer, Uta, van Schaik, Willem, Klare, Ingo, Witte, Wolfgang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Technical Advance
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21453466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21453466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-80

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