Article
Molecular epidemiology of impetiginous group A streptococcal infections in aboriginal communities of northern Australia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1996
Gardiner D L, Sriprakash K S
Abstract excerpt
Group A streptococcal infections among the Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory of Australia are endemic, with a concurrently high rate of the postinfection sequelae of rheumatic fever and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. The majority of the group A streptococcal isolates...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Carrier Proteins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Impetigo
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Northern Territory
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Virulence