BOX-polymerase chain reaction-based DNA analysis of nonserotypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae implicated in outbreaks of conjunctivitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1401-1405

  Ertugrul, Nigar ^b   Rodriguez Barradas, Maria C ^a   Musher, Daniel M ^b   Ryan, Margaret A K ^b   Agin, Catherine S ^b   Murphy, Scott J ^b   Shayegani, Mehdi ^b   Watson, David A ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030782392     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517331     Document Type: Article

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