Type distribution of serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae and molecular epidemiology of newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D in China

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Yao, Kai Hu ^a   Liu, Zun Jie ^a   Yu, Ji Gui ^b   Yu, Sang Jie ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a   Nahm, Moon H ^b   Yang, Yong Hong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials resistance; Molecular epidemiology; Serogroup; Serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79959194735     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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