Population biology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from oropharyngeal carriage and invasive disease

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3283-3293

  Müller Graf, Christine D M ^a,b   Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   King, Samantha J ^a   Trzcinski, Krzysztof ^a   Pickerill, A Paul ^a   Doherty, Neil ^a   Paul, John ^c   Griffiths, David ^d   Crook, Derek ^d   Dowson, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carried clones; HIV; Molecular typing; Serotype stability; Virulent clones

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0043264912     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3283     Document Type: Article

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