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Biochemical and genetic characterization of serologically untypable Streptococcus mutans strains isolated from patients with bacteremia.
European journal of oral sciences - 1 Oct 2001
Fujiwara T, Nakano K, Kawaguchi M, Ooshima T, Sobue S, Kawabata S, Nakagawa I, Hamada S
Abstract excerpt
Four out of 522 streptococcal isolates from the peripheral blood of patients with bacteremia exhibited typical properties of Streptococcus mutans in terms of sucrose-dependent adhesion, expression of glucosyltransferases, fermentation profiles of sugars, the presence of surface protein antigen, and DNA-DNA hybridization. Two strains were determined as serotype f and e by immunodiffusion, whereas the other two...
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