Characterization of Aerococcus viridans isolates from swine clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3053-3057

  Martin V ^a   Vela, A I ^a   Gilbert, M ^a   Cebolla, J ^a   Goyache, J ^a   Dominguez L ^a   Fernandez Garayzabal J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548666170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00156-07     Document Type: Article

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