Distribution of pilus islands of group B streptococcus associated with maternal colonization and invasive disease in South Africa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART 2, 2013, Pages 249-253

  Madzivhandila, Mashudu ^a   Adrian, Peter V ^a   Cutland, Clare L ^a   Kuwanda, Locadiah ^a   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84872721940     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.052951-0     Document Type: Article

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