Serotype distribution, antibiotic susceptibility, and genetic relatedness of Neisseria meningitidis strains recently isolated in Italy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-428

  Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Stefanelli, Paola ^a   Fazio, Cecilia ^a   Sofia, Tonino ^a   Neri, Arianna ^a   La Rosa, Giuseppina ^a   Marianelli, Cinzia ^a   Muscillo, Michele ^a   Caporali, Maria Grazia ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA PERFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0037442678     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346154     Document Type: Article

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