Molecular epidemiologic evaluation of endocarditis due to Oerskovia turbata and CDC group A-3 associated with contaminated homograft valves

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2495-2500

  McNeil, Michael M ^a,d   Brown, June M ^a,c   Carvalho, Michelle E ^a   Hollis, Dannie G ^a   Morey, Roger E ^a   Reller, L Barth ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OERSKOVIA TURBATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS HOMINIS; OERSKOVIA TURBATA;

EID: 2942585318     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2495-2500.2004     Document Type: Article

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