Seronegative bacteremic melioidosis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei with ambiguous biochemical profile: Clinical importance of accurate identification by 16S rRNA gene and groEL gene sequencing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3973-3977

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Gibson K S ^a   Fung, Ami M Y ^a   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^a   Hui, Wai Ting ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CEFTAZIDIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROEL GENE; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GROEL PROTEIN; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

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

EID: 0042022029     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3973-3977.2003     Document Type: Article

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