Baseline epidemiology and genetic structure of streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in southern Israel prior to introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1580-1582

  Porat, Nurith ^a   Benisty, Rachel ^a   Trefler, Ronit ^a   Ozalvo, Doreen ^a   Givon Lavi, Noga ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARAB; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISRAEL; JEW; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84876775117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03320-12     Document Type: Article

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