An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 184-191

  Mothibeli, Kedibone M ^a   Du Plessis, Mignon ^a   Von Gottberg, Anne ^a   De Gouveia, Linda ^a   Adrian, Peter ^a,b   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,b   Klugman, Keith P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949155445     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01011-09     Document Type: Article

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