Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from Chinese children with pharyngitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Chang, Hesheng ^a,e   Shen, Xuzhuang ^a   Huang, Guoying ^b   Fu, Zhou ^c   Zheng, Yuejie ^d   Wang, Libo ^b   Li, Chengrong ^d   Liu, Lan ^c   Shen, Ying ^a   Liu, Xiaorong ^a   Yang, Yonghong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; PFGE; Pharyngitis; Streptococcus pyogenes; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHINESE; EMM1 GENE; EMM12 GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPEA GENE; SPEI GENE; SPEJ GENE; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 78651424447     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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