Article
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of two penicillin-susceptible serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae clones circulating in Italy.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Gherardi Giovanni, Del Grosso Maria, Scotto D'Abusco Anna, D'Ambrosio Fabio, Dicuonzo Giordano, Pantosti Annalisa
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-nine penicillin-susceptible serotype 6B strains isolated from patients with invasive diseases and from healthy carriers were examined by different genotyping methods. Ten groups were identified on the basis of the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles, and two of these contained multiple isolates and were analyzed further. PFGE group 1 comprised 12 isolates, the majority of which had a...
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Penicillins
- Phenotype