Evaluation of the rapid ID 32A system for identification of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli, excluding the Bacteroides fragilis group

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 319-326

  Downes, Julie ^a,b   King, Anna ^a   Hardie, Jeremy ^b   Phillips, Ian ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic Gram negative bacilli; Identification; Rapid ID 32A

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PORPHYROMONAS ENDODONTALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA LOESCHEII; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECIES;

EID: 0032993869     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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