Detection and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia thailandensis by multiplex PCR

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-417

  Lee, May Ann ^a,b   Wang, Dongling ^a   Yap, Eu Hian ^a  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b PharmaLogicals Research Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burkholderia mallei; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Burkholderia thailandensis; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE DISEASE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 13644267695     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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