Phenotypic and genotypic discrepancy of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from Asian countries

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Kwan, Soo Ko ^a   Won, Sup Oh ^b   Kyong, Ran Peck ^b   Jang, Ho Lee ^b   Nam, Yong Lee ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumococci; Bile solubility; MLST; Optochin; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIA; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; QUININE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 20544449064     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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