Genetic heterogeneity of M type 3 group a streptococci causing severe infections in tayside, Scotland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 196-198

  Upton, Mathew ^a,c   Carter, Philip E ^a   Orange, Gillian ^b   Pennington, T Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTLAND; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029655730     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.196-198.1996     Document Type: Article

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