Nocardia cyriacigeorgica - An established rather than an emerging pathogen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2469-

  Witebsky, Frank G ^a   Conville, Patricia S ^a   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^b   Brown Elliott, Barbara A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENUS; LETTER; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIOSIS; NOTE;

NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA;

HUMANS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 49049093871     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00510-08     Document Type: Letter

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