Article
Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes in an area where acute pharyngotonsillitis is endemic.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1997
Nguyen L, Levy D, Ferroni A, Gehanno P, Berche P
Abstract excerpt
During an open clinical trial in an area where streptococcal infections are hyperendemic, we studied the genetic polymorphism of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates collected from patients and from healthy carriers living in close contact with them. The clonal diversity of isolates was analyzed by pu...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Carrier State
- Child
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Endemic Diseases
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Pharyngitis
- Phylogeny
- Species Specificity
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pyogenes