Evidence of transmission of Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia multivorans and Burkholderia dolosa among persons with cystic fibrosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Biddick, Rhiannon ^a   Spilker, Theodore ^a   Martin, Alissa ^a   LiPuma, John J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial genotyping; Burkholderia cepacia complex; Cystic fibrosis; Infection control; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA DOLOSA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA DOLOSA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS;

EID: 0242721759     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00724-9     Document Type: Article

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