Identification and characterization of clinical isolates of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 956-958

  Stepanović, Srdjan ^a   Dakić, Ivana ^a   Morrison, Donald ^b   Hauschild, Tomasz ^c   Ježek, Petr ^d   Petráš, Petr ^e   Martel, An ^f   Vuković, Dragana ^a   Shittu, Adebayo ^g   Devriese, Luc A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Stobhill Hospital   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS;

EID: 20844461306     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.956-958.2005     Document Type: Article

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