Loss of catabolic function in Streptococcus agalactiae strains and its association with neonatal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3245-3250

  Domelier, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a,b   Grandet, Adeline ^b   Mereghetti, Laurent ^a   Rosenau, Agnès ^a   Quentin, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; METHYLGLUCOSIDE; RIBOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; CATABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CARBON; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33748801019     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02550-05     Document Type: Article

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