Infection of a hip prosthesis by Actinomyces naeslundii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 929-930

  Wüst, Jürg ^a,d   Steiger, Ulrich ^b   Vuong, Hanh ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^c  

^a Diagnostica Medical Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b Hirslanden Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Labor Diagnostica   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0343503036     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.929-930.2000     Document Type: Article

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