Publications
| streptococcus pyogenes bacteraemia, emm types and superantigen profiles. | the aim of this study was to investigate the emm types and superantigen profiles of bacteraemic group a streptococcal (gas; streptococcus pyogenes) isolates and to detect possible associations between the molecular characteristics of isolates and the clinical presentations of disease. in this population-based study, 87 bacteraemic gas isolates from adult patients in pirkanmaa health district (hd), finland, during the period 1995-2004 were emm typed and genotyped for superantigen (sag) profiles. ... | 2011 | 21877175 |
| vulvar symptoms in paediatric and adolescent patients. | vulvovaginal symptoms in children and young adolescents are not yet very well understood, nor is the actual incidence known. this study evaluates the character and possible infectious aetiology of vulvar symptoms of females aged up to 16 y. the signs, symptoms and bacteriological findings of 68 consecutive cases were studied. the study was conducted in the university hospital of tampere at a special gynaecological consultation clinic for children and adolescents. sixty-eight patients were includ ... | 2000 | 10830455 |