Characterization of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans strains isolated from humans and domestic cats in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4377-4381

  De Zoysa, Aruni ^a   Hawkey, Peter M ^b,c   Engler, Kathy ^a   George, Robert ^a   Mann, Gina ^a   Reilly, William ^d   Taylor, David ^e   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 24744461908     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4377-4381.2005     Document Type: Article

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