Characterization of Slackia exigua isolated from human wound infections, including abscesses of intestinal origin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1070-1075

  Kim, Keun Sung ^a,c,d   Rowlinson, Marie Claire ^c   Bennion, Robert ^b   Liu, Chengxu ^c   Talan, David ^b   Summanen, Paula ^c   Finegold, Sydney M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; BUTTOCK ABSCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIOBACTERIACEAE; EUBACTERIUM; FINGER PARONYCHIAL ABSCESS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLACKIA EXIGUA; TOOTH ABSCESS; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORIOBACTERIACEAE; SLACKIA EXIGUA;

EID: 77950494514     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01576-09     Document Type: Article

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