Disease burden due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (group G and C streptococcus) is higher than that due to Streptococcus pyogenes among Mumbai school children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-223

  Bramhachari, Pallaval V ^a   Kaul, Santosh Y ^b,c   McMillan, David J ^c,d   Shaila, Melkote S ^a   Karmarkar, Mohan G ^b   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^c,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049130113     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.015644-0     Document Type: Article

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