Molecular Characterization and Prophage DNA Contents of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Isolated from Adult Skin and Osteoarticular Infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1261-1269

  Salloum, Mazen ^a   Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a,b   Domelier, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Arnault, Laurence ^b   Quentin, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTICULAR INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SKIN; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77950485778     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01820-09     Document Type: Article

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