Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov.

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Teng, J L L ^a   Woo, P C Y ^a   Leung, K W ^a   Lau, S K P ^a   Wong, M K M ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS HONGKONGENSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BACILLACEAE; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEUTROPENIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0037312594     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.56.1.29     Document Type: Article

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