Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from throat infections in the region of Aachen, Germany

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-165

  Brandt, C M ^a   Spellerberg, B ^a   Honscha, M ^a   Truong, N D ^a   Hoevener, B ^b   Lutticken R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

emm type; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0034987218     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1106-x     Document Type: Article

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