Non-Sporing Gram-Negative Anaerobes

Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 541-556

  Patrick, Sheila ^a   Duerden, Brian I ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic infection management; Fusobacteria anaerobic gram negative bacilli; Leptotrichia; Non culture detection methods; Non sporing gram negative anaerobes

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949105396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470017968.ch45     Document Type: Chapter

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