Characterisation and molecular typing of Burkholderia pseudomallei: Are disease presentations of melioidosis clonally related ?

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Norton, R ^a   Roberts, B ^b   Freeman, M ^b   Wilson, M ^a   Ashhurst Smith, C ^a   Lock, W ^c   Brookes, D ^d   La Brooy, J ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mornington Island Hospital   (Australia)

^d TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Meliodosis; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031907803     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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