Role of molecular epidemiology in infection control.

doi:10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70355-x

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Role of molecular epidemiology in infection control.

Infectious disease clinics of North America - 1 Jun 1997

Weber S, Pfaller M A, Herwaldt L A

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Molecular typing methods have enabled infection control personnel to investigate outbreaks and endemic nosocomial infections more quickly and thoroughly than they could have with basic epidemiologic and microbiologic methods. This article reviews molecular typing methods that have been used succe...

Topics

Cross Infection
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Genotype
Humans
Infection Control
Molecular Epidemiology
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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