Exceptionally high representation of Burkholderia cepacia among B. cepacia complex isolates recovered from the major Portuguese cystic fibrosis center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1628-1633

  Cunha, Mónica V ^a   Pinto de Oliveira, Ana ^a,b   Meirinhos Soares, Luís ^c   Salgado, Maria José ^d   Melo Cristino, José ^d   Correia, Susana ^d   Barreto, Celeste ^d   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INFARMED)   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PORTUGAL; TIME FACTORS;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 34248525939     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00234-07     Document Type: Article

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