Bacteriological and clinical aspects of corynebacteria;LES CORYNEBACTERIES, ASPECTS BACTERIOLOGIQUES ET CLINIQUES

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Riegel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Corynebacteria; Identification; Infections

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MUCOSA; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN FLORA; TAXONOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ACTINOMYCES; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TURICELLA OTITIDIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032061968     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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