Identification of a Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III subtype 4 clone in association with adult invasive disease in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4252-4254

  Ip, Margaret ^a,c   Cheuk, Edmund S C ^a   Tsui, Michelle H Y ^a   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Leung, T N ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33750940413     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01533-06     Document Type: Article

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