Recovery of Burkholderia cenocepacia strain PHDC from cystic fibrosis patients in Europe

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Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 952-954

  Coenye, T ^a   Spilker, T ^b   Van Schoor, A ^a   LiPuma, J J ^b   Vandamme, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOX A1R GENE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA ET12; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA STRAIN PHDC; CANADA; CLONE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 8544278913     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.019810     Document Type: Article

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