Molecular diagnosis of arthritis due to streptobacillus moniliformis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 623-624

  Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Savage, Colette ^a   Loïez, Caroline ^a   Renaux, Emilie ^a   Pischedda, Patricia ^a   Courcol, René J ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOBACILLUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 0347986542     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00167-6     Document Type: Article

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