Clonal analysis of colonizing group B Streptococcus, serotype IV, an emerging pathogen in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3100-3104

  Diedrick, Michelle J ^a   Flores, Aurea E ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^b   Creti, Roberta ^c   Ferrieri, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RECTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 77956839887     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00277-10     Document Type: Article

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