Genetic relatedness among clinical strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in tertiary care hospital settings in São Paulo State, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-284

  Almeida, Margarete Teresa Gottardo ^a,e   Rubio, Fernando Gôngora ^a   Garcia, Doroti Oliveira ^d   Pavarino Bertelli, Érika Cristina ^a   Rossit, Andrea Regina Baptista ^a   Bando, Silvia Yano ^b   Silbert, Suzane ^c   Goloni Bertollo, Eny Maria ^a   Soares, Márcia Maria Costa Nunes ^a   Martinez, Marina Baquerizo ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^e Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

PFGE; RAPD; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 34447120706     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822007000200017     Document Type: Article

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