The pathogenicity of the Streptococcus genus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1361-1376

  Krzysciak W ^a   Pluskwa, K K ^a   Jurczak, A ^a   Koscielniak D ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFACLOR; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; EXOTOXIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROTEIN CONJUGATE VACCINE PCV7; PROTEIN M; PROTEIN PGK; PROTEIN SPEA; STREPTOCOCCAL PYROGENIC EXOTOXIN B; STREPTOKINASE; STREPTOLYSIN O; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BONE INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84886598843     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1914-9     Document Type: Review

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