Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, an emerging pathogen in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 265-273

  Schlaberg, Robert ^a   Huard, Richard C ^a   Della Latta, Phyllis ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HSP65 GENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK CITY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA;

EID: 38149118614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00937-07     Document Type: Article

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