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M types of group a streptococcal isolates submitted to the National Centre for Streptococcus (Canada) from 1993 to 1999.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Tyrrell Gregory J, Lovgren Marguerite, Forwick Betty, Hoe Nancy P, Musser James M, Talbot James A
Abstract excerpt
The National Centre for Streptococcus (NCS) (Canada) determined the group A streptococcal (GAS) M types of 4,760 Canadian isolates submitted between 1993 and 1999 by classic serotyping. The 10 most frequently identified M types were M1 (26.4%), M12 (9.8%), M28 (8.9%), M3 (6.8%), M4 (6.2%), M11 (4.8%), M89 (3.1%), M6 (3.0%), M2 (2.6%), and M77 (1.9%). Nontypeable isolates accounted for 15.4% of the collection. The...
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