Associations of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 ribotype profiles with clinical disease and antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 404-408

  Rasmussen, S R ^a,b   Aarestrup, F M ^a   Jensen, N E ^a   Jorsal, S E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MENINGITIS; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032903241     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.404-408.1999     Document Type: Article

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