Direct 16S rRNA gene sequencing of polymicrobial culture-negative samples with analysis of mixed chromatograms

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 486-488

  Hartmeyer, Gitte N ^a   Justesen, Ulrik S ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHAGIA; ECCHYMOSIS; EMPYEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECK PAIN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PETECHIA; PLEURA FLUID; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RNA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77950488505     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017269-0     Document Type: Article

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