Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus anginosus (“Streptococcus milleri group”) are of different clinical importance and are not equally associated with abscess

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1511-1515

  Clarridge, Jill E ^a,b   Attorri, Silvia ^a,b   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Hebert, Jeff ^b   Dunbar, Sherry ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SUPERINFECTION;

ABSCESS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035873047     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320163     Document Type: Article

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