Comparison of field inversion gel electrophoresis with contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis as a typing method for Enterococcus faecium.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 1995

Authors

M Green1, K Barbadora, S Donabedian, M J Zervos

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

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