Short report: Electron microscopic demonstration of extracellular structure of Burkholderia pseudomallei

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-314

  Puthucheary, Savithri D ^a   Vadivelu, Jamunarani ^a   Ce Cile, Chen ^a   Kum Thong, Wong ^a   Ismail, Ghazally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029985328     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.313     Document Type: Short Survey

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