title: Rothia dentocariosa: taxonomy and differential diagnosis.
abstract: As recent external quality control results have shown, the diagnosis of Rothia dentocariosa infection still presents problems for clinical laboratories. This review describes the taxonomy, as well as the chemotaxonomic, morphological and biochemical characteristics, of this organism, and surveys bacteria that may be confused with Rothia dentocariosa.
authors.affiliation: avg@immv.unizh.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Graevenitz
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny