Molecular characterization of pneumococcal isolates from pets and laboratory animals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  van der Linden, Mark ^a   Al Lahham, Adnan ^b   Nicklas, Werner ^c   Reinert, Ralf René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; MACROLIDE; PNEUMOLYSIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOG; DOLPHIN; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GORILLA; GUINEA PIG; HORSE; MASTOMYS; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SOLUBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GERMANY; MACROLIDES; MURINAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; EQUIDAE; MASTOMYS; MUS; RATTUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77954040065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008286     Document Type: Article

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