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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 595-604 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases