Hospital water filters as a source of Mycobacterium avium complex

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1198-1202

  Falkinham III, Joseph O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

EID: 77957301559     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022376-0     Document Type: Article

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