Clonal distribution of invasive pneumococcal isolates from children and selected adults in the United States prior to 7-valent conjugate vaccine introduction

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4194-4216

  Gertz Jr , Robert E ^a   McEllistrem, M Catherine ^b   Boxrud, David J ^c   Li, Zhongya ^a   Sakota, Varja ^a   Thompson, Terry A ^a   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Besser, John M ^c   Harrison, Lee H ^d   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a   Beall, Bernard ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0042921306     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4194-4216.2003     Document Type: Article

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