Identification of bacterial pathogens in patients with endophthalmitis by 16S ribosomal DNA typing

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 511-512

  Knox, C Michele ^a   Cevallos, Vicky ^a   Margolis, Todd P ^a,b   Dean, Deborah ^b  

^a Francis I Proctor Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUCONOSTOC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032852188     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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