Comamonas testosteroni bacteremia in a patient with perforated acute appendicitis

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Gul, Mustafa ^a   Ciragil, Pinar ^a   Bulbuloglu, Ertan ^a   Aral, Murat ^a   Alkis, Sumeyra ^a   Ezberci, Fikret ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appenicitis; Bacteremia; Comamonas testosteroni

Indexed keywords

COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 34548419814     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.54.2007.3.6     Document Type: Article

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