A case of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus infective endocarditis with colon cancer: Identification by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Kim, Seon Young ^a   Joo, Sei Ick ^a   Yi, Jongyoun ^a   Kim, Eui Chong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Endocarditis; rDNA sequencing; Streptococcus gallolyticus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COLON TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 77954835888     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.2.160     Document Type: Article

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