Isolation of Mycoplasma hominis from a brain abscess

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 992-994

  Zheng, Xiaotian ^a   Olson, Douglas A ^b   Tully, Joseph G ^c   Watson, Harold L ^d   Cassell, Gail H ^d   Gustafson, Daniel R ^a   Svien, Kathleen A ^a   Smith, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Ramsey County Mental Health Clinic   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS;

EID: 0030951040     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.992-994.1997     Document Type: Article

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