Exchange of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains among cystic fibrosis siblings

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-454

  Renders, N H M ^a   Sijmons, M A F ^a   Van Belkum, A ^a   Overbeek, S E ^a   Mouton, J W ^a   Verbrugh, H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology, Genotyping, Long term colonization, Cross infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Cystic fibrosis, Sibling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIBLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030850089     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)83875-2     Document Type: Article

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