Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 5-7 , 1 January 2004

Eye infection in a young patient caused by Corynebacterium bovis: Microbiological methods and 16S rRNA sequencing

  • Fabrizio Dutly, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • IMD Institute for Medical & Molecular Diagnostics Ltd., CH-8047 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Mailing address: Fabrizio Dutly, IMD Institute for Medical & Molecular diagnostics Ltd., Rautistrasse 13, CH-8047 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41-1-4973060. Fax: +41-1-4973070.
    • ,
  • Moritz Grubemann

      Affiliations

    • Laborgemeinschaft 1, Rautistrasse 11, CH-8047 Zürich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Daniel Goldenberger

      Affiliations

    • IMD Institute for Medical & Molecular Diagnostics Ltd., CH-8047 Zürich, Switzerland

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Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 5-7 , 1 January 2004

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