Speciation and susceptibility of Nocardia isolated from ocular infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1168-1171

  Reddy, A K ^a   Garg, P ^b   Kaur, I ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Services   (India)

Author keywords

N. amamiensis; N. levis; N. puris; N. thailandica; Ocular infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA AMAMIENSIS; NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA LEVIS; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA PURIS; NOCARDIA THAILANDICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOCARDIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SWEDEN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955127280     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03079.x     Document Type: Article

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