Usefulness of Sau-PCR for molecular epidemiology of nosocomial outbreaks due to Burkholderia cepacia which occurred in a local hospital in Guangzhou, China

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Yan, He ^a   Shi, Lei ^a,b   Alam, M J ^c   Li, N ^a   Yang, Liansheng ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia complex; Hemodialysis; Reverse osmosis water; Sau polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHINA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPUTUM; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX;

EID: 71249104783     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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