Genetic relatedness among nontypeable pneumococci implicated in sporadic cases of conjunctivitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4039-4041

  Barker, Jason H ^a   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Silberman, Ronald ^c   Phan, Hoang M ^b   Watson, David A ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Information Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032699941     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4039-4041.1999     Document Type: Article

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