Abiotrophia elegans sp. nov., a possible pathogen in patients with culture-negative endocarditis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-104

  Roggenkamp, Andreas ^a   Abele Horn, Marianne ^a   Trebesius, Karl Heinz ^a   Tretter, Ursula ^b   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Dritter Orden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABIOTROPHIA; ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRANULICATELLA ELEGANS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031984694     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.100-104.1998     Document Type: Article

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