Characterisation of non-capsulate Haemophilus influenzae by repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-PCR.

doi:10.1099/00222615-47-11-1031

Back to search

Article

Characterisation of non-capsulate Haemophilus influenzae by repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-PCR.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 1998

Jordens J Z

Abstract excerpt

The use of repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-PCR to characterise non-capsulate Haemophilus influenzae (NCHI) for epidemiological studies was validated by application to four outbreak-associated and three epidemiologically unrelated NCHI strains of the same phenotype which had been well char...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Disease Outbreaks
Haemophilus Infections
Haemophilus influenzae
Humans
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reproducibility of Results

Community interpretation

Discuss the evidence

Ask a question, add context or challenge an interpretation. Community activity is separate from scientific evidence strength.

discussions

replies

Citations encouraged

Claims remain attributable.

No discussion yet

Be the first to add a careful, cited interpretation.