Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vagococcus fluvialis, including strains isolated from human sources

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2778-2781

  Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a,b   Carvalho, Maria Da Glória S ^a,b   Merquior, Vânia Lúcia C ^a,c   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^b   Brenner, Don J ^b   Facklam, Richard R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LOMEFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; SUS SCROFA; VAGOCOCCUS FLUVIALIS;

EID: 0030821987     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2778-2781.1997     Document Type: Article

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