Molecular epidemiologic characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children with meningitis in Japan from 2007 through 2009

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Sakai, Fuminori ^a   Chiba, Naoko ^b   Ono, Akiko ^b   Murayama, Somay Yamagata ^a   Ubukata, Kimiko ^a   Sunakawa, Keisuke ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Genotypic resistance; Meningitis; Multilocus sequence typing; Penicillin binding protein; Serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE KINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SHIKIMATE DEHYDROGENASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE I; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AROE GNE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDL GENE; GDH GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GKI GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PBP1A GENE; PBP2B GENE; PBP2X GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECP GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SPI GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; XPT GENE;

EID: 80051579905     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0180-3     Document Type: Article

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