Inference of antibiotic resistance and virulence among diverse group A Streptococcus strains using emm sequencing and multilocus genotyping methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Metzgar, David ^a   Baynes, Darcie ^a   Hansen, Christian J ^a   McDonough, Erin A ^a   Cabrera, Daisy R ^a   Ellorin, Melody M ^a   Blair, Patrick J ^a   Russell, Kevin L ^a,b   Faix, Dennis J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70249084194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006897     Document Type: Article

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