Actinobaculum schaalii, a Common Uropathogen in Elderly Patients, Denmark

Actinobaculum schaalii can cause urinary tract infections and septicemia but is difficult to identify by cultivation. To obtain a fast diagnosis and identify A. schaalii, we developed a TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR. Routine urine samples were obtained from 177 hospitalized patients and 75 outpa...

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Main Authors: Steffen Bank, Anders Jensen, Thomas M. Hansen, Karen M. Søby, Jørgen Prag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/1/09-0761_article