Molecular characterization of Burkholderia cepacia isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in an Italian CF center

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 491-498

  Petrucca, Andrea ^a   Cipriani, Paola ^b   Valenti, Piera ^c   Santapaola, Daniela ^d   Cimmino, Carmen ^e   Scoarughi, Gian Luca ^e   Santino, Iolanda ^b   Stefani, Stefania ^f   Sessa, Rosa ^b   Nicoletti, Mauro ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e Sezione di Scienze Microbiologiche   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

B. cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; Genomovars; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; RECA PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA ANTHINA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; BURKHOLDERIA STABILIS;

EID: 0141518158     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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