Transmission of Streptococcus pyogens causing successive infections in a family

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 554-559

  Mazon A ^a   Gil Setas, A ^a   Sota de la Gandara L J ^b   Vindel, A ^c   Saez Nieto J A ^c  

^a Laboratorio de Microbiologia   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud Iturrama   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

PFGE; Siblings; Streptococcus pyogenes; T typing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0038301860     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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