Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria bacteraemia with septic arthritis confirmed by 16S rDNA PCR in an immunocompetent adult

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-243

  Roberts, M T M ^a   Enoch, D A ^b   Harris, K A ^c   Karas, J A ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S;

AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BIOTYPE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AEROMONAS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 32044445072     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46295-0     Document Type: Article

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