Heterogeneity of hemolysin expression during neonatal Streptococcus agalactiae sepsis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 807-809

  Sigge, Anja ^a   Schmid, Manuel ^b   Mauerer, Stefanie ^a   Spellerberg, Barbara ^a,c  

^a Inst of Med Microbiology/Hygiene   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; MEZLOCILLIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 38949153793     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01963-07     Document Type: Article

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