Actinomyces-Gathering evidence of human colonization and infection

Anaerobe

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Hall, Val ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinobaculum; Actinomyces; Actinomycosis; Osteoradionecrosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES GRAEVENITZII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION NECROSIS; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; JAW DISEASES; MOUTH; OSTEORADIONECROSIS;

ACTINOBACULUM; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES GRAEVENITZII; ANIMALIA;

EID: 39149092355     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2007.12.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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