Genotyping by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis reveals persistence and recurrence of infection with Streptococcus anginosus group organisms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2862-2866

  Jacobs, Jan A ^a   Tjhie, Jeroen H T ^a   Smeets, Monique G J ^a   Schot, Corrie S ^b   Schouls, Leo M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0037814977     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.2862-2866.2003     Document Type: Article

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