Illustration of a common framework for relating multiple typing methods by application to macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2524-2532

  Carrico J A ^a,e   Silva Costa, C ^b   Melo Cristino, J ^b   Pinto, F R ^a,b   De Lencastre, H ^a,d   Almeida, J S ^a,c   Ramirez, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; PROTEIN CFR9I; PROTEIN SFII; PROTEIN SMAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMM GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNGITIS; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33746255226     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02536-05     Document Type: Article

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