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Molecular genotyping of Acinetobacter spp. isolated in Arizona, USA, using multilocus PCR and mass spectrometry.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Sarovich Derek S, Colman Rebecca E, Price Erin P, Massire Christian, Von Schulze Alex T, Waddell Victor, Anderson Shoana M, Ecker David J, Liguori Andrew P, Engelthaler David M, Sampath Rangarajan, Keim Paul, Eshoo Mark W, Wagner David M
Abstract excerpt
Acinetobacter spp. are a diverse group of Gram-negative bacteria frequently implicated in nosocomial infections. Genotypic methods have been instrumental in studying Acinetobacter, but few offer high resolution, rapid turnaround time, technical ease and high inter-laboratory reproducibility, which has hampered understanding of disease incidence, transmission patterns and diversity within this genus. Here, we...
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