Genotyping of Haemophilus influenzae type b in pre-vaccination era

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-218

  Otsuka, Taketo ^a   Komiyama, Kenichi ^a   Yoshida, Kazunaga ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Zaraket, Hassan ^b   Fujii, Koyata ^a   Okazaki, Minoru ^a  

^a Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier, multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Colonization; Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib); Invasive infection; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFDITOREN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA LACTAMASE GENE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FTSI GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863328929     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0323-1     Document Type: Article

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