Use of phenotypic and molecular serotype identification methods to characterize previously nonserotypeable group B streptococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2745-2750

  Kong, Fanrong ^a   Lambertsen, Lotte Munch ^b   Slotved, Hans Christian ^b   Ko, Danny ^a   Wang, Hui ^a,c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,d  

^a Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Wuhan First Hospital   (China)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CPSE GENE; CPSF GENE; CPSG GENE; CPSH GENE; CPSM GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 53149147462     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00189-08     Document Type: Article

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