Genotypic characterization of Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli isolates from sea otters with infective endocarditis and/or septicemia and from environmental mussel samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4131-4133

  Counihan Edgar, Katrina L ^a   Gill, Verena A ^b   Doroff, Angela M ^c   Burek, Kathleen A ^d   Miller, Woutrina A ^a   Shewmaker, Patricia L ^e   Jang, Spencer ^h   Goertz, Caroline E C ^f   Tuomi, Pamela A ^f   Miller, Melissa A ^g   Jessup, David A ^g   Byrne, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Kachemak Bay Research Reserve   (United States)

^d Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARNIVORA; GENOTYPE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASHORE; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOCARDITIS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; OTTERS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ENHYDRA; STREPTOCOCCUS LUTETIENSIS;

EID: 84869224276     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02581-12     Document Type: Article

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