Mycoplasma penetrans and other mycoplasmas in urine of human immunodeficiency virus-positive children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1518-1523

  Hussain, Althaf I ^a   Robson, William Lane M ^b   Kelley, Robin ^b   Reid, Tanya ^c   Gangemi, J David ^a,d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; MYCOPLASMA PIRUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0032947750     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1518-1523.1999     Document Type: Article

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