Clinical spectrum of infections due to the newly described Actinomyces species A. turicensis, A. radingae, and A. europaeus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-13

  Sabbe, Luc J M ^a,f   Van De Merwe, Dick ^a   Schouls, Leo ^b   Bergmans, Anneke ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^c   Vandamme, Peter ^d,e  

^a Regl Lab for Public Health Zeeland   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f Stichting Streeklaboratorium Zeeland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLECYSTITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES EUROPAEUS; ACTINOMYCES RADINGAE; ACTINOMYCES TURICENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032943025     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.8-13.1999     Document Type: Article

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