Current studies on the pathogenesis of melioidosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Woods, Donald E ^a   Deshazer, David ^a   Moore, Richard A ^a   Brett, Paul J ^a   Burtnick, Mary N ^a   Reckseidler, Shauna L ^a   Senkiw, Michelle D ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Molecular biology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; POLYMYXIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELIOIDOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032735562     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80007-0     Document Type: Review

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