Isolation of Mycoplasma species from a patient with seal finger

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1168-1170

  Baker, Ann Sullivan ^a   Ruoff, Kathryn L ^a   Madoff, Sarabelle ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINGER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032459786     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514980     Document Type: Article

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