Confirmation of nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae-like organisms isolated from outbreaks of epidemic conjunctivitis as Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4415-4417

  Carvalho, Maria Gloria S ^a,b   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^a   Thompson, Terry ^a   Jackson, Delois ^a   Facklam, Richard R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BILE ACID; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0042420142     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4415-4417.2003     Document Type: Article

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