Actinobaculum schaalii: A common cause of urinary tract infection in the elderly population. Bacteriological and clinical characteristics

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Nielsen, Hans Linde ^a,b   Søby, Karen Marie ^a   Christensen, Jens Jørgen ^c   Prag, Jørgen ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; METRONIDAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

16S RDNA GENE; ACTINOBACULUM MASSILIENSE; ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; UROSEPSIS; ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149125274     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903289662     Document Type: Article

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