Characterization of Bacteroides forsythus strains from cat and dog bite wounds in humans and comparison with monkey and human oral strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2003-2006

  Hudspeth, M K ^a,b   Hunt Gerardo, S ^a   Maiden, M F J ^c   Citron, D M ^a   Goldstein, E J C ^a,d,e  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; FATTY ACID; KANAMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CAT; DOG BITE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FORSYTHUS; BRUCELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS;

EID: 0345517171     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2003-2006.1999     Document Type: Article

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