Nondiphtherial Corynebacterium species isolated from clinical specimens of patients in a University hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Camello, Thereza Cristina Ferreira ^a   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luiza ^b   Formiga, Luiz Carlos Duarte ^c   Marques, Elizabeth Andrade ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium sp; Multiresistance; Nondiphtherial corynebacteria; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AFERMENTANS; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PROPINQUUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; CORYNEBACTERIUM XEROSIS;

EID: 19944387675     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822003000100009     Document Type: Article

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