Identification of Cardiobacterium hominis by broad-range bacterial polymerase chain reaction analysis in a case of culture-negative endocarditis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 477-479

  Nikkari, Simo ^a,b,d   Gotoff, Robert ^c   Bourbeau, Paul P ^c   Brown, Robert E ^c   Kamal, Nazmi R ^c   Relman, David A ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOBACTERIUM HOMINIS;

EID: 0037169895     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.4.477     Document Type: Article

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