Characterization of a Tsukamurella pseudo-outbreak by phenotypic tests, 16S rRNA sequencing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and metabolic footprinting

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 334-338

  To, Kelvin K W ^a,b   Fung, Ami M Y ^b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Curreem, Shirly O T ^b   Lee, Kim Chung ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   Lam, Ching Wan ^b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; TSUKAMURELLA; TSUKAMURELLA INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

TSUKAMURELLA;

EID: 84871684345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02845-12     Document Type: Article

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