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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4858-4861, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4858-4861.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Analysis of Group A Streptococcal Isolates Associated with Scarlet Fever in Southern Taiwan between 1993 and 2002

Jing-Jou Yan,1 Ching-Chuan Liu,2 Wen-Chien Ko,3 Shui-Yuan Hsu,4 Hsiu-Mei Wu,4 Yee-Shin Lin,5 Ming T. Lin,6 Woei-Jer Chuang,6 and Jiunn-Jong Wu4*

Departments of Pathology,1 Pediatrics,2 Internal Medicine,3 Medical Technology,4 Microbiology and Immunology,5 Biochemistry, College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan6

Received 21 March 2003/ Returned for modification 12 May 2003/ Accepted 28 July 2003

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Technology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, No.1 University Rd., Tainan, Taiwan 70101. Phone: 886-6-2353535, ext. 5775. Fax: 886-6-2363956. E-mail: jjwu{at}mail.ncku.edu.tw.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4858-4861, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4858-4861.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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