Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Streptococcus porcinus isolated from human sources

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4592-4601

  Duarte, Rafael S ^a   Barros, Rosana R ^a,c   Facklam, Richard R ^b   Teixeira, Lucia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMIDASE; AMOXICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MANNITOL; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SORBITOL; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PORCINUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PORCINUS;

EID: 24744433532     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4592-4601.2005     Document Type: Article

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