Genetic characterization of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium boris strains from a hospital outbreak involving human immunodeficiency virus- positive patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1390-1393

  Blázquez, Jesús ^a   De Los Monteros, Luz Elena Espinosa ^c   Samper, Sofia ^b   Martín, Carlos ^b   Guerrero, Antonio ^a   Cobo, Javier ^a   Van Embden, Jan ^d   Baquero, Fernando ^a   Gómez Mampaso, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BORIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842326845     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1390-1393.1997     Document Type: Article

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