Epidemiology of pharyngeal carriage of Fusobacterium necrophorum

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Sep;58(Pt 9):1264-1265. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.006718-0. Epub 2009 Jun 15.

Authors

Hugo Ludlam¹, Julia Howard^{2

1}, Barry Kingston³, Linda Donachie¹, Joanne Foulkes¹, Simantee Guha¹, Martin D Curran¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QW, UK.
² East of England Public Health Training Programme, East of England Multi-Professional Deanery, Ida Darwin Site, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5EE, UK.
³ University of Cambridge Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.

PMID: 19528186
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006718-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology*
Female
Fusobacterium Infections / epidemiology*
Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification*
Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
Humans
Male
Pharyngitis / microbiology
Pharynx / microbiology*
Risk Factors
Streptococcus / isolation & purification
Young Adult