Widespread clone of Burkholderia cenocepacia in cystic fibrosis patients in the Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 655-659

  Drevinek, Pavel ^a,b   Vosahlikova, Sarka ^a   Cinek, Ondrej ^a   Vavrova, Vera ^a   Bartosova, Jana ^a   Pohunek, Petr ^a   Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 21244483536     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46025-0     Document Type: Article

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