Septicaemia caused by phenotypic variants of group A streptococci

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-277

  Geslin, P ^a   Kriz Kuzemenska, P ^b   Fremaux A ^a   Havlickova, H ^b   Dublanchet, A ^c   Bouvet, A ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biotypes; Epidemiology; M protein; Septicaemia; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0029931949     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)81387-8     Document Type: Article

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