Burkholderia pseudomallei animal and human isolates from Malaysia exhibit different phenotypic characteristics

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Lee, Song Hua ^a   Chong, Chan Eng ^a   Lim, Boon San ^a   Chai, San Jiun ^a   Sam, Kin Kit ^a   Mohamed, Rahmah ^a   Nathan, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Phenotypic

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34347329004     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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