Abstract
Collected between 1993 and 2002 at a Taiwanese university hospital, 77 group A streptococcus isolates associated with scarlet fever were grouped by emm typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The predominance of an emm1 clone before 1996 and the presence of genetically diverse emm1 and emm4 strains thereafter were found.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Antigens, Bacterial*
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics*
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Carrier Proteins / genetics*
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Erythromycin / pharmacology
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Hospitals, University
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Scarlet Fever / epidemiology*
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Scarlet Fever / microbiology*
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Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
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Streptococcus pyogenes / classification*
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Streptococcus pyogenes / drug effects
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Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics*
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Taiwan / epidemiology
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Antigens, Bacterial
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
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Bacterial Proteins
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Carrier Proteins
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streptococcal M protein
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Erythromycin