A case of Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia in an asplenic patient

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-437

  Kim, Soo Kyung ^a   Cho, Eun Jung ^a   Sung, Heungsup ^a   An, Dongheui ^a   Park, Sook Ja ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Nam, Gi Byoung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; Asplenia; Helicobacter cinaedi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868565942     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.6.433     Document Type: Article

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