Isolation of a novel mycobacterium from an adolescent with cervical lymphadenitis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 516-518

  Goodwin, A ^a   Lumb, R ^a   Patkin, M ^b   Bastian, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Whyalla Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0031751659     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691137     Document Type: Article

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