Isolation of burkholderia cenocepacia and burkholderia vietnamiensis from human sewage

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-162

  McNeely, Damian ^a   Moore, John E ^b   Elborn, J Stuart ^b   Millar, B Cherie ^b   Rendall, Jackie ^b   Dooley, James S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CF; Cystic fibrosis; Respiratory; Sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS;

BURKHOLDERIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 65449124327     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120802392876     Document Type: Article

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