Current status and future directions for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis and traveller's diarrhoea

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-419

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Laribacter hongkongensis; Novel bacterium; Traveller's diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 25144501443     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000180162.76648.c9     Document Type: Review

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