Evaluation of three oligonucleotide primer sets in PCR for the identification of Burkholderia cepacia and their differentiation from Burkholderia gladioli

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Clode, Fiona E ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Malnick, Henry ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

BABESIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 0032980632     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.3.173     Document Type: Article

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