Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula from Quebec dairy barns: Application of simplified criteria for the identification of an agent responsible for farmer's lung disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Duchaine, Caroline ^c   Mériaux, Anne ^c   Brochu, Gilles ^a   Bernard, Kathryn ^b   Cormier, Yvon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA;

EID: 0032803396     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-2-173     Document Type: Article

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