Actinobaculum schaalii in urological patients, screened with real-time polymerase chain reaction

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Bank, Steffen ^a   Hansen, Thomas Michael ^a   Søby, Karen Marie ^a   Lund, Lars ^a   Prag, Jørgen ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actinobaculum schaalii; children; indwelling catheter; kidney calculi; real time PCR; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955139843     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2011.599333     Document Type: Article

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