Actinobaculum schaalii, a common uropathogen in elderly patients, Denmark

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-80

  Bank, Steffen ^a   Jensen, Anders ^b   Hansen, Thomas M ^a   Søby, Karen M ^a   Prag, Jørgen ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ACTINOMYCETALES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 73949118984     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090761     Document Type: Article

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