Amoeba-resistant bacteria: Their role in human infections

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Janda, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; DOXYCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AFIPIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOSEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MACROPHAGE; MESORHIZOBIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; TAXONOMIC RANK; VERO CELL; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78349294503     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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