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SUBMITTER: Tanner MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC86505 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanner M A MA Everett C L CL Youvan D C DC
Journal of clinical microbiology 20000401 4
rRNA-based molecular phylogenetic techniques were used to identify the bacterial species present in the ear fluid from a female patient with otitis externa. We report the identification of Staphylococcus intermedius from the patient and a possible route of transmission. Analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms indicated that the dominant species present was S. intermedius. A pet dog owned by the patient also was tested and found to harbor S. intermedius. In humans, ...[more]