Anaerobic cocci of clinical importance

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 294-301

  Wren, M W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic cocci; Infection; Isolation; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC COCCI; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030465688     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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