Misidentification of a mucoid strain of Salmonella enterica serotype choleraesuis as Hafnia alvei by the Vitek GNI+ card system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4605-4608

  Wang, Teresa K F ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a   Wong, Samson S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAFNIA ALVEI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HAFNIA ALVEI; HUMANS; MALE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAFNIA ALVEI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33845584067     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01488-06     Document Type: Article

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