Finegoldia magna: A forgotten pathogen in prosthetic joint infection rediscovered by molecular biology

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1244-1247

  Levy, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Stein, Andreas ^a   Borrione, Frédéric ^b   Raonlt, Didier ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Clinique la Casamance   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349934460     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605672     Document Type: Article

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