Prophagic DNA fragments in Streptococcus agalactiae strains and association with neonatal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1049-1058

  Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a,b   Domelier, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Mereghetti, Laurent ^a   Lanotte, Philippe ^a   Rosenau, Agnès ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^c   Quentin, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; HYDROLASE; LYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARPU GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33644912647     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1049-1058.2006     Document Type: Article

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