Enterobacterial intergenic consensus sequence polymerase chain reaction as a typing method for Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Cimolai, Nevio ^a   Trombley, Colleen ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842304492     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00201.x     Document Type: Article

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