Group a streptococcal genotypes from pediatric throat isolates in rome, Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1687-1690

  Dicuonzo, G ^a   Gherardi, G ^a   Lorino, G ^a   Angeletti, S ^a   De Cesaris, M ^a   Fiscarelli, E ^a   Bessen, D E ^a   Beall, B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035020613     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1687-1690.2001     Document Type: Article

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