Survey of phenotypic and genetic features of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated in Northwest Italy

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Bianco, Simona ^a   Allice, Tiziano ^a   Zucca, Mario ^a   Savoia, Dianella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXOTOXIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PRTF1 GENE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SPEA GENE; SPEF GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; ITALY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPEA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 31344450222     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0067-1     Document Type: Review

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