Isolation of a strictly anaerobic strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 857-860

  Rowlinson, Marie Claire ^a,c   LeBourgeois, Phyllis ^a   Ward, Kevin ^a   Song, Yuli ^b   Finegold, Sydney M ^a,b   Bruckner, David A ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RPOB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; ANAEROBIOSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33644924104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.857-860.2006     Document Type: Article

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