The use of combination subtyping in the forensic evaluation of a three-year-old girl with gonorrhea

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 461-463

  DeMattia, Amy ^a   Kornblum, John S ^b   Hoffman Rosenfeld, Jamie ^c   Trees, David L ^d   Tumpey, Abbigail J ^d   Laraque, Danielle ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Forensic evaluation; Genotyping; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33646756144     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000217474.43091.4d     Document Type: Article

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