Actinobaculum schaalii, a commensal of the urogenital area

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-397

  Olsen, Anne B ^a   Andersen, Pernille K ^a   Bank, Steffen ^a   Søby, Karen Marie ^a   Lund, Lars ^a   Prag, Jørgen ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinobaculum schaalii; calculi; habitat; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN FLORA; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; CALCULI; HABITAT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; URINE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84879885161     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11739.x     Document Type: Article

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