Genetic differences between invasive and noninvasive neonatal group B streptococcal isolates

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Fluegge, Kirsten ^a   Wons, Juliana ^a   Spellerberg, Barbara ^b   Swoboda, Sabrina ^b   Siedler, Anette ^c   Hufnagel, Markus ^a   Berner, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

group B streptococcus (GBS); invasive disease; molecular epidemiology; neonatal; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 81855221880     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31822a2a1f     Document Type: Article

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