Streptococcus suis in Hong Kong

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Ip, Margaret ^a   Fung, Kitty S C ^b   Chi, Fang ^a   Cheuk, Edmund S C ^a   Chau, Shirley S L ^a   Wong, Ben W H ^a   Lui, SauLai ^a   Hui, Mamie ^a   Lai, Raymond W M ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; S. suis; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEAT; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TAIL; TONGUE; TONSIL; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEAT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33845494956     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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