Bacteremia caused by Clostridium intestinale

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2018-2020

  Elsayed, Sameer ^a,b,c   Zhang, Kunyan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INTESTINALE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROORGANISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16844382061     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.2018-2020.2005     Document Type: Article

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