Genetic relatedness within and between serotypes of streptococcus pneumoniae from the United Kingdom: Analysis of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and antimicrobial resistance patterns

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 853-859

  Hall, Lucinda M C ^a   Whiley, Robert A ^a   Duke, Brigid ^a   George, Robert C ^b   Efstratiou, Androulla ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALCULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENZYMES; ERYTHROMYCIN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029925732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.853-859.1996     Document Type: Article

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