Isolation of Capnocytophaga granulosa from an abscess in an immunocompetent adolescent

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 606-607

  Ebinger, Martin ^a   Nichterlein, T ^b   Schumacher, U K ^c   Manncke, B ^c   Schmidt, D ^a   Bohn I ^a  

^a Children s Hospital Mannheim   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE;

EID: 0034128590     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313734     Document Type: Article

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