Genetic relatedness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates among a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient cohort in Ireland

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-70

  Logan, Catriona ^a   Habington, Adele ^a   Lennon, Gráinne ^a   Grogan, Juanita ^a   Byrne, Margaret ^a   O'Leary, John ^b,c   O'Sullivan, Niamh ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; IRELAND; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 83755183403     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.035642-0     Document Type: Article

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