An outbreak of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae investigated by a polymerase chain reaction based genotyping method

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 847-851

  Gillespie, S H ^a   McHugh, T D ^a   Hughes, J E ^a   Dickens, A ^a   Kyi, M S ^b   Kelsey, M ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Penicillin binding proteins; Penicillin resistance; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030692851     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.10.847     Document Type: Article

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