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Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity of 8 new human Coxiella burnetti isolates.
Acta virologica - 1 Jan 1992
Stein A, Raoult D
Abstract excerpt
Eight new strains of Coxiella burnetii were isolated from chronic Q fever patients using centrifugationashell vial technique. Seven patients had endocarditis (including one patient with an immunodeficiency syndrome), and one had a vascular prosthesis infection. Three prototype strains, Nine Mile phase II, Q212 and Priscilla and eight new isolates were cultured in L 929 cells. Heterogeneity of their cytopathic...
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