Invasive infection with Streptococcus iniae in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1246-1249

  Sun, Jun Ren ^a   Yan, Juh Cheng ^a   Yen, Ching Ying ^a   Lee, Shih Yi ^a   Lu, Jang Jih ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34748822299     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47180-0     Document Type: Article

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