Molecular characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi strains from Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1423-1432

  Haydock, Andrew K ^a,b,c   Martin, David H ^a,b   Morse, Stephen A ^a,b   Cammarata, Cathy ^a,b   Mertz, Kristen J ^a,b   Totten, Patricia A ^a,b,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULCUS MOLLE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHANCROID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; LOUISIANA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MISSISSIPPI; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032994480     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314771     Document Type: Article

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