First isolation of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron from a patient with a cholesteatoma and experiencing meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1467-1469

  Feuillet, Lionel ^a   Carvajal, Joseph ^a   Sudre, Isabelle ^a   Pelletier, Jean ^a   Thomassin, Jean Marc ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a   Cherif, André Ali ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEATOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CHOLESTEATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTEROIDES DISTASONIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; NEGIBACTERIA; OVATUS;

EID: 14944342887     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1467-1469.2005     Document Type: Article

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