Genetic and phenotypic features of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated in Brazil that harbor new emm sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3290-3295

  Teixeira, L M ^a   Barros, R R ^a   Castro, A C D ^a   Peralta, J M ^a   Carvalho, M D G S ^a   Talkington, D F ^a   Vivoni, A M ^a   Facklam, R R ^a   Beall, B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPEA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0034838243     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3290-3295.2001     Document Type: Article

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