Phylogenetic analysis of viridans group streptococci causing endocarditis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3087-3090

  Simmon, Keith E ^a   Hall, Lori ^b   Woods, Christopher W ^b,c   Marco, Francesc ^d   Miro, Jose M ^d   Cabell, Christopher ^e   Hoen, Bruno ^f   Marin, Mercedes ^g   Utili, Riccardo ^h   Giannitsioti, Efthymia ⁱ   Doco Lecompte, Thanh ^j   Bradley, Suzanne ^k   Mirrett, Stanley ^c   Tambic, Arjana ^l   Ryan, Suzanne ^m   Gordon, David ⁿ   Jones, Phillip ^o   Korman, Tony ^p   Wray, Dannah ^q   Barth Reller, L ^c   Tripodi, Marie Francoise ^h   Plesiat, Patrick ^f   Morris, Arthur J ^r   Lang, Selwyn ^s   Murdoch, David R ^t   Petti, Cathy A ^a,u   more..

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e IQVIA   (United States)

^f University Medical Center of Besancon   (France)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^h SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

ⁱ NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^k VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l Croatia   (Croatia)

^m South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

ⁿ FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^p Southern Health   (Australia)

^q MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^r AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^s MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^u UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 53649083718     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00920-08     Document Type: Article

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