Differential circulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C clones in two Israeli pediatric populations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4649-4651

  Porat, Nurith ^a   Park, In Ho ^b   Nahm, Moon H ^b,c   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78650037649     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01600-10     Document Type: Article

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