Sarcina organisms in the gastrointestinal tract: A clinicopathologic and molecular study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1700-1705

  Lam Himlin, Dora ^a,b   Tsiatis, Athanasios C ^a,c   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^a   Pai, Rish K ^d   Brown, J Ahmad ^e   Razavi, Mohammad ^f   Lamps, Laura ^e   Eshleman, James R ^a   Bhagavan, Belur ^a   Anders, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Potomac Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

emphysematous gastritis; gastritis; gastrointestinal tract; gastroparesis; Sarcina

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTOR; SARCINA; STOMACH; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH ULCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; BIOPSY; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; GASTROPARESIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SARCINA; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 80055015206     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822911e6     Document Type: Article

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