Detection of Alloiococcus otitis in mixed bacterial populations from middle-ear effusions of patients with otitis media

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Volumn 354, Issue 9176, 1999, Pages 386-389

  Beswick, Alan J ^a   Lawley, Blair ^a   Fraise, Adam P ^b   Pahor, Ahmes L ^b   Brown, Nigel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033620804     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09295-2     Document Type: Article

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