Sequence variation in the ftsZ gene of Bartonella henselae isolates and clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 682-687

  Ehrenborg, C ^a   Wesslen L ^a   Jakobson, A ^a   Friman, G ^a   Holmberg, M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033981037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.682-687.2000     Document Type: Article

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