Characterization of nontypeable and atypical Streptococcus pneumoniae pediatric isolates from 1994 to 2010

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1326-1330

  Ing, Jessica ^a   Mason, Edward O ^a,b   Kaplan, Sheldon L ^a,b   Lamberth, Linda B ^b   Revell, Paula A ^a,b   Luna, Ruth Ann ^a,b   Hulten, Kristina G ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; RNA 16S;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE SOLUBILITY TEST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPTOCHIN SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST; OTITIS MEDIA; PLY GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAA GENE; PYROSEQUENCING; QUEL LUNG REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OTITIS; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; QUININE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84858600231     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05182-11     Document Type: Article

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