Identification of Aerococcus urinae in urine samples

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 976-979

  Grude, N ^a   Jenkins, A ^a   Tveten, Y ^a   Kristiansen, Bjorn Erik ^a,b  

^a AS Telelab   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerococcus urinae; Urinary tract infection; hemolytic streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; URINE CULTURE;

AEROCOCCUS URINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141955078     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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