PCR-Based Detection of a Cystic Fibrosis Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Molecular Diagnosis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Panagea, Stavroula ^a,c   Winstanley, Craig ^a   Parsons, Yasmin N ^a   Walshaw, Martin J ^b   Ledson, Martin J ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 2042447746     PISSN: 10848592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03260038     Document Type: Article

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