Clonal spread of Streptococcus pyogenes emm44 among homeless persons, Rennes, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-317

  Cady, Anne ^a   Plainvert, Céline ^b   Donnio, Pierre Yves ^c   Loury, Pascaline ^d   Huguenet, Didier ^e   Briand, Alain ^d   Revest, Matthieu ^a   Kayal, Samer ^c   Bouvet, Anne ^b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Cellule de l'Institut National de Veille Sanitaire en Région Ouest   (France)

^e L'Agence Régionale de Santé de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMM105 GENE; EMM44 GENE; EMM83 GENE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551625527     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.101022     Document Type: Letter

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