Molecular epidemiology of the Bacillus anthracis isolates collected throughout Turkey from 1983 to 2011

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2783-2790

  Durmaz, R ^a,b   Doganay, M ^c   Sahin, M ^d   Percin, D ^c   Karahocagil, M K ^e   Kayabas, U ^f   Otlu, B ^f   Karagoz, A ^b   Buyuk, F ^d   Celebi, O ^d   Ozturk, Z ^g   Ertek, M ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CEFTRIAXONE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GOATS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PENICILLIN G; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; TURKEY;

EID: 84869099363     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1628-4     Document Type: Article

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