Article
Clonal distribution of invasive Neisseria meningitidis isolates from the Norwegian county of Telemark, 1987 to 1995.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1998
Aakre R K, Jenkins A, Kristiansen B E, Froholm L O
Abstract excerpt
Forty-two Neisseria meningitidis isolates were obtained from patients with meningococcal disease in the Norwegian county of Telemark (January 1987 to March 1995), and all were compared by PCR amplicon restriction endonuclease analysis (PCR-AREA) of the dhps gene, chromosomal DNA fingerprinting, a...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Primers
- Dihydropteroate Synthase
- Genes, Bacterial
- Geography
- Humans
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Norway
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Restriction Mapping
- Rural Population
- Serotyping
- Sulfonamides
- Time Factors