Molecular markers demonstrate that the first described multidrug- resistant Mycobacterium bovis outbreak was due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 971-975

  Gutierrez M C ^a   Galan J C ^b   Blazquez J ^b   Bouvet, E ^c   Vincent, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344528731     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.971-975.1999     Document Type: Article

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