Long-term laboratory contamination by Mycobacterium abscessus resulting in two pseudo-outbreaks: Recognition with use of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) polymerase chain reaction

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Lai, Kwan Kew ^a   Brown, Barbara A ^b   Westerling, Judy A ^b   Fontecchio, Sally A ^b   Zhang, Yansheng ^b   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS;

EID: 17344371741     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514635     Document Type: Article

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