Phenotypic and genotypic assessment of virulence factors in beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from kindergarten infantile population, with or without clinical symptoms, including scarlet fever

Farmacia

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-31

  Anghel, Ion ^a   Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^b   Mitache, Magda ^c   Marutescu, Luminita ^b   Anghel, Alina Georgiana ^d   Popa, Marcela ^b   Pelinescu, Diana ^b   Bleotu, Coralia ^e   Lazar, Veronica ^b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Public Health Direction   (Romania)

^d The Coltea Bucharest Hospital   (Romania)

^e STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Beta haemolytic streptococci; Streptococcal superantigenic toxins genes; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ESCULIN; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; INOCULATION; KINDERGARTEN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCARLET FEVER;

EID: 84857667793     PISSN: 00148237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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