title: Identification of some clinically significant actinomycetes.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schaal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zlotnik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlotti
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Faibra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Gvozdiak
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length