Persistence of two invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae clones of serotypes 1 and 5 in comparison to that of multiple clones of serotypes 6B and 23F among children in Southern Israel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1827-1832

  Porat, N ^a   Trefler, R ^a   Dagan, R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLINS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035021238     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1827-1832.2001     Document Type: Article

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