Genetic Diversity of Cell-Invasive Erythromycin-Resistant and -Susceptible Group A Streptococci Determined by Analysis of the RD2 Region of the prtF1 Gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 639-644

  Spinaci, Cinzia ^a   Magi, Gloria ^a   Zampaloni, Claudia ^b   Vitali, Luca A ^b   Paoletti, Claudia ^a   Catania, Maria R ^c   Prenna, Manuela ^b   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   Ripa, Sandro ^b   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MACROLIDE; PROTEIN DDEI; PROTEIN HAEIII; PROTEIN HINFI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL INVASION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PRTF1 GENE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 10744233623     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.639-644.2004     Document Type: Article

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