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Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Burkholderia gladioli

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The PCR assays described herein can be used to reliably determine if an organism belongs to the Burkholderia cepacia complex or Burkholderia gladioli.

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  1. Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Children’s Health Service District, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia

    Timothy M. Kidd

  2. Microbiology Department, Pathology Queensland – Central Laboratory, Herston Hospitals Campus, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia

    Timothy M. Kidd

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Correspondence to Timothy M. Kidd .

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  1. Profitable Business Development, Sutherland NSW, 1499, Australia

    Margret Schuller

  2. Queensland Children's Medical Research I, Herston Road, Herston QLD, 4029, Australia

    Theo P. Sloots

  3. , ICPMR, CIDMLS, Westmead NSW, 2145, Australia

    Gregory S. James

  4. , Westmead Hospital, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Micro, Darcy Road, Westmead NSW, 2145, Australia

    Catriona L. Halliday

  5. , SEALS Microbiology Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW, 2031, Australia

    Ian W.J. Carter

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Kidd, T.M. (2010). Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Burkholderia gladioli . In: Schuller, M., Sloots, T., James, G., Halliday, C., Carter, I. (eds) PCR for Clinical Microbiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9039-3_11

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