Connatal listeriosis - A case report and the possibilities of microbiological diagnosis

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Kristóf, Katalin ^a   Barcs, I ^a   Cziniel, Monika ^b   Ghidan A ^a   Nagy, K ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Connatal listeriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbiological validation; Pulsed field electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 42149188937     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.55.2008.1.5     Document Type: Article

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