This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Gonzalez, B. E.
Right arrow Articles by Mason, E. O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Gonzalez, B. E.
Right arrow Articles by Mason, E. O., Jr.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2810-2812, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2810-2812.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clonality of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Pediatric Patients in the United States

Blanca E. Gonzalez, Kristina G. Hulten, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Edward O. Mason Jr.,*{dagger} and the U.S. Pediatric Multicenter Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Group

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas

Received 15 January 2004/ Returned for modification 23 February 2004/ Accepted 16 March 2004

We compared Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 isolates causing disease among children in six geographic regions of the United States to determine genetic relatedness. Genomic fingerprints were determined by repetitive element polymorphism PCR (Rep-PCR). Multilocus sequence type characterization was performed on selected isolates. Four different genomic banding patterns were identified by Rep-PCR. One profile (clone 1) was predominant and matched sequence type 227.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Texas Children's Hospital, Mail Code 3-2371, 6621 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030. Phone: (832) 824-4330. Fax: (832) 825-4347. E-mail: emason{at}bcm.tmc.edu.

{dagger} Contributing members of the U.S. Pediatric Multicenter Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Group are listed in Acknowledgments.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2810-2812, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2810-2812.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Chiou, A.-C., Andrade, S. S., Almeida, S. C. G., Zanella, R. C., Andrade, A.-L., Brandileone, M.-C. d. C. (2008). Molecular assessment of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 in Brazil: evidence of clonal replacement. J Med Microbiol 57: 839-844 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Harrington, S. M., Stock, F., Kominski, A. L., Campbell, J. D., Hormazabal, J. C., Livio, S., Rao, L., Kotloff, K. L., Sow, S. O., Murray, P. R. (2007). Genotypic Analysis of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae from Mali, Africa, by Semiautomated Repetitive-Element PCR and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 707-714 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»