Nosocomial urosepsis caused by Enterobacter kobei with aberrant phenotype

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Hoffmann, Harald ^a   Schmoldt, Sabine ^a   Trülzsch, Konrad ^a   Stumpf, Anita ^a   Bengsch, Stefan ^a   Blankenstein, Thomas ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a   Roggenkamp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae complex; Enterobacter kobei; Phenotype; Urosepsis; Voges Proskauer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER KOBEI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 26444545618     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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