Alloiococcus otitidis - Otitis media pathogen or normal bacterial flora?

APMIS

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 785-790

  Tano, Krister ^a   Von Essen, Robert ^a   Eriksson, P O ^b   Sjöstedt, Anders ^b  

^a SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alloiococcus otitidis; Culture; Ear canal; Nasopharynx; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349172907     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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