Characterization and comparison of invasive Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates from France and Poland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-175

  Farfour, E ^a,b   Badell, E ^a,b   Zasada, A ^c   Hotzel, H ^d   Tomaso, H ^d   Guillot, S ^a,b   Guiso, Nicole ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DISK DIFFUSION; DTXR GENE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOX GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLAND;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 84555178954     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05811-11     Document Type: Article

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