Discovery of a new capsular serotype (6C) within serogroup 6 of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1225-1233

  In, Ho Park ^a   Pritchard, David G ^b   Cartee, Rob ^c   Brandao, Angela ^d,e   Brandileone, Maria Cristina C ^e   Nahm, Moon H ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RHAMNOSE; RIBITOL;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 6C; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34247264459     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02199-06     Document Type: Article

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