Distribution and antigenicity of fibronectin binding proteins (SfbI and SfbII) of Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates from the Northern Territory, Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 389-392

  Goodfellow, Alison M ^a   Hibble, Megan ^a   Talay, Susanne R ^b   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^b,c   Currie, Bart J ^a   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0033982879     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.1.389-392.2000     Document Type: Article

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