Identification of the emerging pathogen Vibrio vulnificus biotype 3 by commercially available phenotypic methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4137-4140

  Colodner, Raul ^a   Raz, Raul ^a   Meir, Irit ^b   Lazarovich, Tsilia ^d   Lerner, Larisa ^e   Kopelowitz, June ^e   Keness, Yoram ^a   Sakran, Waheeb ^a   Ken Dror, Shifra ^c   Bisharat, Naiel ^f  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c Klalit Health Services   (Israel)

^d ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBIO VULNIFICUS BIOTYPE 3; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIONACEAE;

AUTOMATION; ENZYMES; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHOENIX; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 4644342663     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4137-4140.2004     Document Type: Article

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