Invasive group A streptococcal disease: Race, hypotension, and immunogenetics

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages

  Mulla, Zuber D ^a,b   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; European Continental Ancestry Group; HLA DQ antigens genetics; HLA DR antigens genetics; Hypotension; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGENETICS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 29244492287     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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