Distribution of Nocardia species in clinical samples and their routine rapid identification in the laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2624-2628

  Wauters, Georges ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Charlier, Jacqueline ^a   Janssens, Michèle ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^b   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA PAUCIVORAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA PAUCIVORANS;

EID: 20444433157     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2624-2628.2005     Document Type: Article

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