Isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from cancrum oris (noma)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 150-156

  Falkler Jr , William A ^a   Enwonwu, Cyril O ^a   Idigbe, Emmanuel O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; VEILLONELLA;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS MICROS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

EID: 0344178011     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.150     Document Type: Article

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