Distribution of Staphylococcus species among human clinical specimens and emended description of Staphylococcus caprae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2038-2042

  Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Hou, Xiao Gang ^a   Sultana, Ferdousi ^a   Hirose, Kenji ^a   Miyake, Masaki ^a   Shu, Sin Ei ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 0031835849     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2038-2042.1998     Document Type: Article

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