Frequency of isolation of Porphyromonas species from infected dog and cat bite wounds in humans and their characterization by biochemical tests and arbitrarily primed-polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Citron, D M ^a   Hunt Gerardo, S ^b   Claros, M C ^b   Abrahamian, F ^b   Talan, D ^b   Goldstein, E J C ^b  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; TRYPSIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BITE; CAT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG BITE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 19244364790     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.supplement_1.s78     Document Type: Article

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