Identification and epidemiological relatedness of clinical Elizabethkingia meningoseptica isolates from central Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 318-323

  Chang, Yi Cheng ^a   Lo, Hsueh Hsia ^b   Hsieh, Hsiu Ying ^b   Chang, Shan Min ^a,b  

^a FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central Taiwan; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Epidemiological relatedness; Identification

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; DNA 16S; IMIPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904461434     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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