Prevalence of emm types and antibiotic resistance of group A streptococci in Austria

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-350

  Eisner, Alexandra ^a   Leitner, Eva ^a   Feierl, Gebhard ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33746466554     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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