Analysis of a case of recurrent bacteraemia due to group A Streptococcus equisimilis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 250-251

  Bert, F ^a   Lambert Zechovsky, N ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAPSE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030745768     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713156     Document Type: Article

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