Characterization of blood culture isolates of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis possessing Lancefield's group A antigen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4194-4197

  Brandt, Claudia M ^a   Haase, Gerhard ^a   Schnitzler, Norbert ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^b   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS;

EID: 0032743581     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4194-4197.1999     Document Type: Article

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