Multilocus sequence types of invasive Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the Rio de Janeiro urban area, Brazil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 617-620

  Viguetti, S Z ^a   Pacheco, L G C ^a,b   Santos, L S ^c   Soares, S C ^a   Bolt, F ^d   Baldwin, A ^e   Dowson, C G ^e   Rosso, M L ^f   Guiso, N ^f   Miyoshi, A ^a   Hirata, R ^c   Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^c   Azevedo, V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; endocarditis; invasive strains; multilocus sequence typing; sucrose fermenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; FERMENTATION INHIBITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOX GENE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84858032927     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000963     Document Type: Article

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