Ten cases of Actinobaculum schaalii infection: Clinical relevance, bacterial identification, and antibiotic susceptibility

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5305-5308

  Reinhard, Mark ^a   Prag, Jørgen ^a   Kemp, Michael ^c   Andresen, Keld ^c   Klemmensen, Belinda ^b   Højlyng, Niels ^d   Sørensen, Susan Hildebrand ^d   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^c  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFAMETHIZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RNA GENE; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNE;

EID: 26944461984     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5305-5308.2005     Document Type: Article

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