Article
Multiple strains of Streptococcus pyogenes in skin sores of aboriginal Australians.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1995
Carapetis J, Gardiner D, Currie B, Mathews J D
Abstract excerpt
A molecular technique (random amplification of polymorphic DNA) was used to characterize group A streptococcal (GAS) strains among 194 isolates from 55 swabs from 12 Australian Aboriginal children and adults with multiple pyoderma lesions. Ninety-three percent of the lesions contained only one st...
Topics
- Adult
- Australia
- Base Sequence
- Child
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Pyoderma
- Skin Diseases, Bacterial
- Streptococcal Infections
