Application of rrs gene sequencing to elucidate the clinical significance of Eggerthela lenta infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1063-1065

  Landais, Cécile ^a   Doudier, Barbara ^a   Imbert, Guenièvre ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM MORTIFERUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RRS GENE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33947210449     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01805-06     Document Type: Article

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