Clusters of genetically similar isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from multiple hospitals in the UK

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 988-1000

  Martin, Kate ^a   Baddal, Buket ^a,c   Mustafa, Nazim ^a   Perry, Claire ^a   Underwood, Anthony ^a   Constantidou, Chrystala ^b   Loman, Nick ^b   Kenna, Dervla T ^a   Turton, Jane F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84879159786     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.054841-0     Document Type: Article

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