Comparison of a 3-set genotyping system with multilocus sequence typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4704-4707

  Sun, Ying ^a,b   Kong, Fanrong ^a,c   Zhao, Zuotao ^a,d   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 24744454382     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4704-4707.2005     Document Type: Article

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