The genetic properties of Streptococcus pyogenes emm49 genotype strains recently emerged among severe invasive infections in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-188

  Ikebe, Tadayoshi ^k   Endo, Miyoko ^a   Ueda, Yuka ^b   Okada, Kyoko ^c   Suzuki, Rieko ^d   Minami, Takeshi ^e   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^f   Nakanishi, Norihiko ^g   Tomita, Masaaki ^h   Nishie, Hiroyuki ⁱ   Ishii, Noriko ⁱ   Sasaki, Emi ⁱ   Miura, Yuji ^j   Yamamura, Toru ^j   Watanabe, Haruo ^k  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kawasaki City Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f EHIME PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Yamaguchi Prefectural Research Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j Kawakita General Hospital   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; M PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 4644219888     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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