Globicatella bacteraemia identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Lau, S K P ^a,b   Woo, P C Y ^a,b   Li, N K H ^a   Teng, J L L ^a   Leung, K W ^a   Ng, K H L ^c   Que, T L ^c   Yuen, K Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOBICATELLA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644758590     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.028878     Document Type: Article

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