First report of Gordonibacter pamelaeae bacteremia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 319-322

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b,c   Teng, Jade L L ^c   Lam, Kay K M ^c,d   Tse, Cindy W S ^d   Leung, Kit Wah ^c   Leung, Anthony W S ^d   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b,c   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b,c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Research Centre of Infection and Immunology   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Microbiology ^*  (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ARGININE ACRYLAMIDASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CATALASE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SEQUENCE; GORDONIBACTER PAMELAEAE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 73949083856     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01459-09     Document Type: Article

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