How to Select and Interpret Molecular Strain Typing Methods for Epidemiological Studies of Bacterial Infections: A Review for Healthcare Epidemiologists

C. Tenover, Fred; D. Arbeit, Robert; V. Goering, Richard; Typing Working Group of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Molecular

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How to Select and Interpret Molecular Strain Typing Methods for Epidemiological Studies of Bacterial Infections: A Review for Healthcare Epidemiologists

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Authors:

Fred C. Tenover

Robert D. Arbeit

Richard V. Goering

Abstract

Strain typing is an integral part of epidemiological investigations of nosocomial infections. Methods for distinguishing among bacterial strains have improved dramatically over the last 5 years, due mainly to the introduction of molecular technology. Although not all molecular techniques are equally...

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Typing

Epidemiology

Molecular epidemiology

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