Distribution of 13 virulence genes among clinical and environmental Aeromonas spp. in Western Australia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1889-1895

  Aravena Roman M ^a   Inglis, T J J ^a,b   Riley, T V ^a,b   Chang, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS DHAKENSIS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911004221     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2157-0     Document Type: Article

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