Genetic diversity of rRNA operons of unrelated Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of neonates suffering from meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2741-2747

  Chatellier, Sonia ^a   Huet, Helene ^a   Kenzi, Samia ^a   Rosenau, Agnes ^a   Geslin, Pierre ^b   Quentin, Roland ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0029858180     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2741-2747.1996     Document Type: Article

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