Burkholderia (pseudomonas) cepacia epidemiology in a cystic fibrosis population: A genome finger-printing study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 554-557

  Cazzola, G ^a   Amalfitano, G ^a   Tonolli, E ^a   Perazzoli, C ^a   Piacentini, I ^a   Mastella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; Finger printing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030070888     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14085.x     Document Type: Article

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