Vibrio vulnificus DNA load and mortality

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 413-415

  Kim, Dong Min ^a   Jung, Sook In ^b   Jang, Hee Chang ^b   Lee, Chang Seop ^c   Lee, Sun Hee ^d   Yun, Na Ra ^a   Neupane, Ganesh Prasad ^a   Park, Kyung Hwa ^b  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; SURVIVOR; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 78650903911     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01913-09     Document Type: Article

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