Candidatus mycoplasma haemomacaque and bartonella quintana bacteremia in cynomolgus monkeys

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1408-1411

  Maggi, Ricardo G ^a,b   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Balakrishnan, Nandhakumar ^b   Rohde, Cynthia M ^c   Kelly, Catherine M ^d   Ramaiah, Lila ^d   Leach, Michael W ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b  

^a Galaxy Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMACAQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY DISEASES; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TRENCH FEVER; VETERINARY;

BARTONELLA QUINTANA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BASE SEQUENCE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRENCH FEVER;

EID: 84876779368     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03019-12     Document Type: Article

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