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[Classic and molecular methodologies for the identification of Enterococcus species].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jan 2002
Sepúlveda Marcela, Bello Helia, Ruiz Mery, Hormazábal José, Domínguez Mariana, González Gerardo, Mella Sergio, Zemelman Raúl
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enterococcus is a bacterial genus with low virulence. However, in the last years, the importance of some enterococcus species as nosocomial pathogens has increased, specially due to their resistance to some antimicrobial. AIM: To identify enterococcus strains using classical biochemical techniques and genomic amplification with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Three hundred and...
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