Molecular epidemiology and characteristics of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains isolated in Italy during the 1990s

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Von Hunolstein, Christina ^a   Alfarone, Giovanna ^a   Scopetti, Franca ^a   Pataracchia, Marco ^a   La Valle, Roberto ^a   Franchi, Fabio ^b   Pacciani, Laila ^c   Manera, Anna ^d   Giammanco, Anna ^e   Farinelli, Senia ^f   Engler, Kathryn ^g   De Zoysa, Aruni ^g   Efstratiou, Androulla ^g  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale G Eastman   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; FEVER; GERMANY; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN; TONSILLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037318527     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04864-0     Document Type: Article

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