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Epidemiologic Typing Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joel Maslow  and
Maury Ellis Mulligan
Joel Maslow
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Maury Ellis Mulligan*
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California University of California, Irvine, California
*
(111-ID), VA Medical Center, 5901 E 7th St, Long Beach, CA 90822. 96-SX-042
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Abstract

Microbial strain typing is a useful adjunct to clinical epidemiology. Phenotypic typing systems examine expressed characteristics, whereas genotypic systems, including recent PCR-based systems, examine chromosomal or plasmid DNA. Typing systems have evaluated bacteria, fungi, and viruses successfully. The criteria used to assess the utility of each system include typeability, reproducibility, and discriminatory power.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 9 , September 1996 , pp. 595 - 604
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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