The nonserotypeable pneumococcus: Phenotypic dynamics in the era of anticapsular vaccines

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 831-835

  Marsh, R ^a,b   Smith Vaughan, H ^a,b   Hare, K M ^a,b   Binks, M ^a,b   Kong, F ^c   Warning, J ^c,e   Gilbert, G L ^c   Morris, P ^a,b,d   Leach, A J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SEVEN VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WZG GENE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POPULATION GROUPS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77749340576     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01701-09     Document Type: Article

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