Identification of Turicella otitidis isolated from a patient with otorrhea associated with surgery: Differentiation from Corynebacterium afermentans and Corynebacterium auris

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2625-2627

  Renaud, François N R ^a,d   Grégory, Alain ^b   Barreau, Claude ^c   Aubel, Dominique ^a   Freney, Jean ^a  

^a Faculté René Laennec   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Sud Léman   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; OTORRHEA; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AFERMENTANS; CORYNEBACTERIUM AURIS; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; TURICELLA OTITIDIS;

EID: 0029816598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2625-2627.1996     Document Type: Article

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