Turicella otitidis and Corynebacterium auris: 20 years on

Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Von Graevenitz, A ^a   Funke, G ^b  

^a Gärtner and Colleagues Laboratories ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Dr Gartner and Colleagues Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium auris; Otitis; Turicella otitidis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MYCOLIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AURIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOME; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS; TURICELLA OTITIDIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; OTITIS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION;

EID: 84898538282     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0488-x     Document Type: Review

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