Distribution of genes encoding putative transmissibility factors among epidemic and nonepidemic strains of Burkholderia cepacia from cystic fibrosis patients in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1763-1766

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

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MARKER; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034103144     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1763-1766.2000     Document Type: Article

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