Relatedness of Streptococcus suis isolates of various serotypes and clinical backgrounds as evaluated by macrorestriction analysis and expression of potential virulence traits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 445-453

  Allgaier, A ^a   Goethe, R ^a   Wisselink, H J ^a   Smith, H E ^a   Valentin Weigand, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOLYSIN; LYSOZYME; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035129356     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.445-453.2001     Document Type: Article

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