Epidemiology of infections due to nonpigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria diagnosed in an urban area

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 951-957

  Esteban, J ^a   Martin De Hijas N Z ^a   Fernandez, A I ^a   Fernandez Roblas, R ^a   Gadea, I ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 53549115321     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0521-7     Document Type: Article

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