Two intriguing Bilophila wadsworthia cases from Hungary

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1167-1169

  Urbán, Edit ^a   Hortobágyi, Anna ^a   Szentpáli, Károly ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNGARY; MASTOIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BILOPHILA; BRAIN ABSCESS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MASTOIDITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 11144232377     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45678-0     Document Type: Article

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