Molecular identification of pathogenic bacteria in eschars from acute febrile patients, Senegal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1015-1019

  Mediannikov, Oleg ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a   Million, Matthieu ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^b   Bassene, Hubert ^b   Diatta, Georges ^b   Fenollar, Florence ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SENEGAL; SKIN CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RICKETTSIA FELIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SENEGAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84910596294     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0629     Document Type: Article

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