Transient bacteremia with Aureobacterium spp., a yellow pigmented coryneform organism frequently confused with "Corynebacterium aquaticum"

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 88-89

  Colaert, Johan ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^b   Bosteels, Vincent ^a   Janssens, Louis ^a  

^a Kliniek Maria's Voorzienigheid   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0002929014     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-4399(00)89196-5     Document Type: Article

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