Group A streptococcal infection caused by emm1 strains among children in southern Taiwan

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1253-1256

  Lin, H C ^a   Wang, S M ^b   Lin, Y L ^b   Lin, Y S ^b   Wu, J J ^b   Chuang, W J ^b   Lin, M T ^b   Liu, C C ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TAIWAN;

EID: 56349136763     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0561-z     Document Type: Article

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