Meningitis due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus: Contribution of 16S RNA ribosomal sequencing for species identification

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-377

  Meybeck, Agnès ^a   Aoun, Naji ^a   Granados, Denis ^a   Pease, Sébastien ^b   Yeni, Patrick ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744796292     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500488873     Document Type: Article

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