Gardnerella vaginalis bacteremia in a previously healthy man: Case report and characterization of the isolate

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 804-806

  Lagacé Wiens, Philippe R S ^a   Ng, Betty ^b   Reimer, Aleisha ^b   Burdz, Tamara ^b   Wiebe, Deborah ^b   Bernard, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

EID: 38949185737     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01545-07     Document Type: Article

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