Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes - Relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Friaes A ^a   Pinto, F R ^b   Silva Costa, C ^a   Ramirez, M ^a   Melo Cristino, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; RGG PROTEIN; SMEZ PROTEIN; SPEB PROTEIN; SPEF PROTEIN; SPEG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RGG GENE; SMEZ GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPEB GENE; SPEF GENE; SPEG GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGEN GENE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84872539465     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1726-3     Document Type: Article

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