Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in clinical samples by 16S rRNA-directed in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2667-2673

  Krimmer, Vanessa ^a   Merkert, Hilde ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^d   Frosch, Matthias ^b   Eulert, Jochen ^c   Löhr, Jochen F ^e   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Ziebuhr, Wilma ^a  

^a Inst fur Molek Infektionsbiologie   (Germany)

^b Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Orthopädische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032773443     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2667-2673.1999     Document Type: Article

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