| Literature DB >> 17804651 |
Direk Limmathurotsakul1, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Narisara Chantratita, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Mayurachat Biaklang, Sarinna Tumapa, Sue Lee, Nicholas P J Day, Sharon J Peacock.
Abstract
A prospective study was performed to determine the rate at which patients with melioidosis are infected with more than one strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Genotyping of 2,058 bacterial colonies isolated from 215 samples taken from 133 patients demonstrated that mixed infection is uncommon (2/133 cases [1.5%; 95% confidence interval, 0.2 to 5.3%]).Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17804651 PMCID: PMC2168482 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01297-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948