Molecular epidemiological study of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b strains obtained from children with meningitis in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2548-2552

  Mitsuda, Toshihiro ^a   Kuroki, Haruo ^b   Ishikawa, Nobuyasu ^b   Imagawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ito, Schuichi ^a   Miyamae, Takako ^a   Mori, Masaaki ^a   Uehara, Suzuko ^b   Yokota, Shumpei ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; VIRUS STRAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032774138     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2548-2552.1999     Document Type: Article

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