Identification of intermediately virulent Rhodococcus equi isolates from pigs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1034-1037

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Fukunaga, Nariaki ^a   Ochiai, Sachiyo ^a   Imai, Yumiko ^a   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SWINE;

EID: 0029878928     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1034-1037.1996     Document Type: Article

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