Bilophila wadsworthia clinical isolates compared by polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Gerardo, S Hunt ^a   Marina, M ^b   Citron, D M ^b   Claros, M C ^b   Hudspeth, M K ^b   Goldstein, E J C ^b  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CHOLESTEATOMA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030770843     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516229     Document Type: Article

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