Shell vial culture as a tool for isolation of Brucella melitensis in chronic hepatic abscess

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4460-4461

  Rovery, Clarisse ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SEROLOGY; SHELL VIAL CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041919100     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4460-4461.2003     Document Type: Article

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