Anaerobic Actinomycetes and Related Organisms

Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 575-586

  Hall, Val ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinomyces like organisms (ALO); Anaerobic actinomycetes and related organisms; Cervicofacial actinomycosis; Lacrimal canaliculitis and Actinomyces spp.; Surveillance based therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889392920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470017968.ch48     Document Type: Chapter

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