Actinobacillus, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, Pasteurella, and other fastidious or rarely encountered gram-negative rods

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 574-587

  Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   von Graevenitz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus; Capnocytophaga; Eikenella corrodens; Kingella; Pasteurella

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188875340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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