Rapid genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates harboured by adult and paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis using repetitive-element-based PCR assays

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1089-1096

  Syrmis, Melanie W ^a   O'Carroll, Mark R ^b   Sloots, Theo P ^a   Coulter, Chris ^d   Wainwright, Claire E ^c   Bell, Scott C ^a,b   Nissen, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144227688     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45611-0     Document Type: Article

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