Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 282-285 , July 2010

First report of Actinobaculum schaalii urinary tract infection in North America

  • Oscar E. Larios

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Fellow, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5. Tel.: +1-416-586-4800x7383; fax: +1-416-586-8358.
    • ,
  • Kathryn A. Bernard

      Affiliations

    • National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3E3R2
    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • ,
  • Kanchana Manickam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Saint Boniface General Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6
    • ,
  • Betty Ng

      Affiliations

    • National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg MB, Canada, R3E3R2
    • ,
  • Michelle Alfa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Saint Boniface General Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6
    • ,
  • Allan Ronald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, MB Canada R3E0J9
    • Section of Infectious Diseases, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H2A6

Received 9 November 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.023

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 282-285 , July 2010

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