Mycotic Aneurysm Caused by Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1826-1828

  Chiang, Wen Chu ^a   Tsai, Jui Chang ^a,b   Chen, Shey Ying ^a   Hsu, Chiung Yuan ^a   Wu, Chen Tu ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GROESL GENE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS SUBSP. CONSTELLATUS;

EID: 16544381075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1826-1828.2004     Document Type: Article

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