Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D cross-reacting with serotype 6A, 6B, and 6C factor sera

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 765-766

  Baek, Jin Yang ^a   Ko, Kwan Soo ^b   Song, Jae Hoon ^b  

^a Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CROSS REACTION; GENE LOCUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; WCIN GENE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79951493036     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01933-10     Document Type: Letter

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