Demonstration by PCR and DNA sequencing of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum as a cause of joint infection and isolation of the same organism from a surface swab specimen from the patient

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 689-691

  Kemp, M ^a   Holtz, K ^b   Andresen, K ^a   Christensen, J J ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOXACILLIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROSCOPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 21244436807     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45954-0     Document Type: Article

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