Clonal relationship of recent invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype f isolates from Denmark and the United States

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1161-1165

  Bruun, Brita ^a,b   Gahrn Hansen, Bente ^c   Westh, Henrik ^d   Kilian, Mogens ^e  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEXA GENE; CAP GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE F; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MONITORING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AGED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHOLANGITIS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144220933     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45749-0     Document Type: Article

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