Survey of emm gene sequences and T-antigen types from systemic Streptococcus pyogenes infection isolates collected in San Francisco, California; Atlanta, Georgia; and Connecticut in 1994 and 1995

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1231-1235

  Beall, Bernard ^a,b   Facklam, Richard ^a   Hoenes, Theresa ^a   Schwartz, Ben ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030907250     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1231-1235.1997     Document Type: Article

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