Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of multidrug-resistant and -sensitive strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Malaysian hospital

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 206-209

  Thong, Kwai Lin ^c   Lai, Kin Seng ^c   Ganeswrie, Lai R ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; THROAT CULTURE; URINE CULTURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 9144251029     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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