Shewanella algae and Shewanella putrefaciens: Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 347-352

  Holt, Hanne M ^a   Gahrn Hansen, B ^a   Bruun, B ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Identification; Infections; Review; Shewanella spp.; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACID; AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MALTOSE; NITRITE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; EAR INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; SHEWANELLA PUTERFACIENS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; OVIS ARIES; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 17744398035     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01108.x     Document Type: Review

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