Transmission of sensitive and resistance strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Netherlands, 1993-1995, studied by means of DNA fingerprinting;Transmissie van gevoelige en resistente Mycobacterium tuberculosis-stammen in Nederland, 1993-1995, onderzocht met DNA-'fingerprinting'

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 140, Issue 46, 1996, Pages 2286-2289

  Van Soolingen, D ^a   Lambregts Van Weezenbeek, C S B ^c   De Haas, P ^a   Veen, J ^c   Van Embden, J D A ^b  

^a Rijksinstituut V Volksgezondheid M   (Netherlands)

^b Rijksinstituut V Volksgezondheid M   (Netherlands)

^c Koninklijke Nederlandse Ctrl V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0029848170     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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