Comparison of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from mink by serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Hammer, Anne Sofie ^a   Pedersen, Karl ^a   Andersen, Thomas Holmen ^a   Jørgensen, Jens Christian ^a   Dietz, Hans Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mink; Pneumonia; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; MINK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0038516356     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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