Listeriosis due to infection with a catalase-negative strain of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1917-1918

  Cepeda, J A ^a   Millar, M ^a   Sheridan, E A ^a   Warwick, S ^a   Raftery, M ^a   Bean, D C ^b   Wareham, D W ^a,b,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Cell and Molecular Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATALASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33646672170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1917-1918.2006     Document Type: Article

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