Molecular epidemiology of the sil streptococcal invasive locus in group A streptococci causing invasive infections in French children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2002-2004

  Bidet, Philippe ^b   Courroux, Céline ^b   Salgueiro, Christophe ^b   Carol, Agnès ^b   Mariani Kurkdjian, Patricia ^b   Bonacorsi, Stéphane ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULITIS; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INVASIVE LOCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 34250672001     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00104-07     Document Type: Article

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