Identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of an Actinomyces hongkongensis isolate recovered from a patient with pelvic actinomycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2721-2723

  Flynn, A N ^b   Lyndon, C A ^c   Church, D L ^a,b  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABI PRISM; BACTERIAL RNA; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES HONGKONGENSIS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCISION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENORRHAGIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RNA GENE; SALPINGECTOMY;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880644843     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00509-13     Document Type: Article

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