Evaluation of a biochemical test scheme for identifying clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 392-396

  Day, A M ^a   Sandoe, J A T ^a   Cove, J H ^a   Phillips Jones, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FULL TESTS; IDENTIFICATION SCHEME; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEST SCHEME;

BACILLI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RAFFINOSE; SORBITOL;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034763235     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2001.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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