Differences in genotype and virulence among four multidrug-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae isolates belonging to the PMEN1 clone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Hiller, N Luisa ^a   Eutsey, Rory A ^a   Powell, Evan ^a   Earl, Joshua P ^a   Janto, Benjamin ^a   Martin, Darren P ^b   Dawid, Suzanne ^c   Ahmed, Azad ^a   Longwell, Mark J ^a   Dahlgren, Margaret E ^a   Ezzo, Suzanne ^a   Tettelin, Herve ^d   Daugherty, Sean C ^d   Mitchell, Timothy J ^e   Hillman, Todd A ^a   Buchinsky, Farrel J ^a,f   Tomasz, Alexander ^g   de Lencastre, Herminia ^g,h   Sá Leão, Raquel ^h   Post, J Christopher ^a,f   Hu, Fen Z ^a,f   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,f   more..

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ATCC700669 STRAIN; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PN4595 T23 STRAIN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SV35 T23 STRAIN; BACTERIAL SV36 T3 STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 83655198247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028850     Document Type: Article

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