Clonal variability of group B Streptococcus among different groups of carriers in southern Israel.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on July 01, 2006

Authors

D Marchaim1, S Efrati, R Melamed, L Gortzak-Uzan, K Riesenberg, R Zaidenstein, F Schlaeffer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine A, Asaf-Harofe Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, 70300, Israel. drormc@netvision.net.il

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