Subtyping β -lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with UTI by MLVA and PFGE methods

Objective(s): Strain subtyping is an important epidemiological tool to trace contamination, determine clonal relationships between different strains, and the cause of outbreaks. Current subtyping methods, however, yield less than optimal subtype discrimination. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is th...

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Main Authors: Alireza Dolatyar Dehkharghani, Setareh Haghighat, Marjan Rahnamaye-Farzami, Masoumeh Douraghi, Mohammad Rahbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2021-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_17756_aa81eeea70129a50b505db72ad1c2685.pdf