Potential misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei by API 20NE

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-64

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,b,c   Chiang, Donald ^b   Lee, Gina S H ^a   Chor Kiang, Lim ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

API 20NE; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TIME;

EID: 0031892235     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169685     Document Type: Article

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