Molecular analysis of group A streptococcal isolates associated with scarlet fever in southern Taiwan between 1993 and 2002

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4858-4861

  Yan, Jing Jou ^a   Liu, Ching Chuan ^b   Ko, Wen Chien ^a   Hsu, Shui Yuan ^a   Wu, Hsiu Mei ^a   Lin, Yee Shin ^a   Lin, Ming T ^a   Chuang, Woei Jer ^a   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCARLET FEVER; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROMYCIN; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SCARLET FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TAIWAN;

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

EID: 0141992894     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4858-4861.2003     Document Type: Article

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