Clonal diversity of Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 isolates from the oral cavity of human neonates

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-522

  Fitzsimmons, Sean ^a,c   Evans, Mishell ^a   Pearce, Cheryl ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^a   Wientzen, Raoul ^a   Bowden, George ^b   Cole, Michael F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 0029838365     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.5.517-522.1996     Document Type: Article

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