Emergence and spread of a new clone of M type 1 group A Streptococcus coincident with the increase in invasive diseases in Japan

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-257

  Murono, Koichi ^a   Fujita, Kozo ^a   Saijo, Masayuki ^a   Hirano, Yoshiki ^a   Zhang, Jiwei ^a   Murai, Teiko ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome profile; Group A Streptococcus; Invasive disease; New clone; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; JAPAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0032989690     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199903000-00009     Document Type: Article

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