Oral streptococcal bacteremia in hospitalized patients: Taxonomic identification and clinical characterization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1039-1042

  Kitten, Todd ^a   Munro, Cindy L ^b   Zollar, Nicai Q ^a   Lee, Sehmi P ^a   Patel, Resham D ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODA GENE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863182777     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06438-11     Document Type: Article

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