Corynebacterium macginleyi has to date been isolated exclusively from conjunctival swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3670-3673

  Funke, Guido ^a,c   Pagano Niederer, Maja ^a   Bernauer, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Limbach and Colleagues Laboratories ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA ULCER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM MACGINLEYI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031724502     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3670-3673.1998     Document Type: Article

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