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Identification of some clinically significant actinomycetes
M Goodfellow1, K P Schaal, H Zlotnik
1Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, UK.
Research in Microbiology
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Early recognition of infections caused by actinomycetes tend to be highly dependent on at least a tentative diagnosis derived from microbiological tests, since the clinical symptoms can be difficult to interpret. Reliable identification of clinically significant actinomycetes depends upon the application of taxonomic techniques that are not yet widely used in clinical laboratories. The value of rapid enzyme, chemical and molecular fingerprinting techniques is exemplified by their application to the identification of representatives of clinically significant actinomycete taxa.