Molecular typing of beta-hemolytic streptococci from two patients with lower-limb cellulitis: Identical isolates from toe web and blood specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3131-3132

  Hilmarsdóttir, Ingibjorg ^a   Valsdóttir, Freyja ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOE;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CELLULITIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 34548698650     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00532-07     Document Type: Article

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