Analysis of fliC variation among clinical isolates of Burkholderia cepacia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 657-662

  Winstanley, Craig ^a,c   Hales, Barbara A ^a   Morgan, J Alun W ^b   Gallagher, Malcolm J ^c   Puthucheary, Svithri D ^d   Cissé, Moussa F ^e   Hart, C Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e Hopital d'Enfants Albert Royer Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENEGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 0032768513     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-7-657     Document Type: Article

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