Bacteremia caused by a strain of Desulfovibrio related to the provisionally named Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 931-934

  Loubinoux, Julien ^a   Mory, Francine ^b   Pereira, Ines A C ^c   Le Faou, Alain E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DESULFOVIBRIO; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO FAIRFIELDENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033952908     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.931-934.2000     Document Type: Article

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