Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Carriers in Asymptomatic Children and Clonal Relatedness among Isolates in Malatya, Turkey

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5285-5287

  Durmaz, Riza ^a   Durmaz, Bengul ^a   Bayraktar, Mehmet ^a   Ozerol, Ibrahim Halil ^a   Kalcioglu, Mahmut Tayyar ^a   Aktas, Elif ^a   Cizmeci, Zeynep ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; ORPHANAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURKEY;

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

EID: 0242593767     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5285-5287.2003     Document Type: Article

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