Use of second-line biochemical and susceptibility tests for the differential identification of coryneform bacteria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 332-338

  Früh, Martin ^a   Von Graevenitz, Alexander ^a   Funke, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coryneforms; Identification

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINO 6,7 DIISOPROPYLPTERIDINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACITRACIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CASEIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; METHANETHIOL; ORNITHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; TYROSINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREVIBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031879305     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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