Serological investigation of enterococcal infections using Western blot

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 826-829

  Sulaiman, A ^a,d   Rakita, R M ^a   Arduino, R C ^a,e   Patterson, J E ^b   Steckelberg, J M ^c   Singh, K V ^a   Murray, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^e Fundacion Centro de Estudios Infectologicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLANGITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029953466     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01701529     Document Type: Article

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