Molecular typing of pneumococci for investigation of linked cases of invasive pneumococcal disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1926-1928

  Pichon, Bruno ^a   Moyce, Laura ^a   Sheppard, Carmen ^a   Slack, Mary ^a   Turbitt, Deborah ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a   Spencer, David A ^b   Edwards, Justin ^c   Krahé, Daniel ^c   George, Robert ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; LONDON; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77951830114     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02054-09     Document Type: Article

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