Stability of strain genotypes of Burkholderia pseudomallei from patients with single and recurrent episodes of melioidosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 518-521

  Vadivelu, Jamuna ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^a   Drasar, B S ^b   Dance, D A B ^c   Pitt, T L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. pseudomallei; Genotyping; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; RECURRENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031858648     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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