Axillary abscess complicated by venous thrombosis: Identification of Streptococcus pyogenes by 16S PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3435-3437

  Kahn, Fredrik ^a   Linder, Adam ^a   Petersson, Ann Cathrine ^b   Christensson, Bertil ^a   Rasmussen, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University and Regional Laboratories   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; M PROTEIN; RNA 16S; WARFARIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AXILLARY ABSCESS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; X RAY;

ABSCESS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AXILLA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77956796855     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00373-10     Document Type: Article

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