First report of Actinobaculum schaalii urinary tract infection in North America

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-285

  Larios, Oscar E ^a   Bernard, Kathryn A ^a,b   Manickam, Kanchana ^a,c   Ng, Betty ^b   Alfa, Michelle ^a,c   Ronald, Allan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobaculum schaalii; Communication; Facultative anaerobes; Fastidious organism; Phenotypic testing; Rapid identification system; Urinary tract infection; UTI

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; POLYANETHOLESULFONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSURIA; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953681860     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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