emm typing, antibiotic resistance and PFGE analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes in Lebanon

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-101

  Bahnan, Wael ^a   Hashwa, Fuad ^a   Araj, George ^b   Tokajian, Sima ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EMM TYPING; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; LEBANON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LEBANON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 78650849152     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.023317-0     Document Type: Article

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