Globicatella sanguinis bacteraemia identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 745-748

  Abdul Redha, Rawaa Jalil ^a   Balslew, Ulla ^b   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^a   Kemp, Michael ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLOBICATELLA SANGUINIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34547507813     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701203527     Document Type: Article

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