Anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive bacilli bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1247-1253

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Fung, Ami M Y ^a   Chan, King Man ^a   Woo, Gibson K S ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; EUBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144241375     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45803-0     Document Type: Article

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