Comparison of emm typing and ribotyping with three restriction enzymes to characterize clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-155

  Doktor, Stella Z ^a,b   Beyer, Jill M ^a   Flamm, Robert K ^a,c   Shortridge, Virginia D ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Dept R47T ^*  (United States)

^c Focus Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE ECOR I; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE PST I; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; RIBOTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 11844292037     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.150-155.2005     Document Type: Article

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