Comparative analysis of emm type pattern of Group A Streptococcus throat and skin isolates from India and their association with closely related SIC, a streptococcal virulence factor

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sagar, Vivek ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ganguly, Nirmal K ^b   Chakraborti, Anuradha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SCREENING; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

SPEA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPEA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 52949124384     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-150     Document Type: Article

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