Clinical microbiology of Coryneform bacteria

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-159

  Funke, Guido ^a   Von Graevenitz, Alexander ^a   Clarridge III, Jill E ^b   Bernard, Kathryn A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031019565     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.10.1.125-159.1997     Document Type: Review

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