Actinobaculum schaalii: A truly emerging pathogen?

Actinobaculum schaalii is a Gram-positive facultative anaerobe bacillus. It is a commensal organism of the genitourinary tract. Its morphology is nonspecific. Aerobic culture is tedious, and identification techniques have long been inadequate. Thus, A. schaalii has often been considered as a nonpath...

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Main Authors: G. Prigent, C. Perillaud, M. Amara, A. Coutard, C. Blanc, B. Pangon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297515000931