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Surveillance of severe invasive group-G streptococcal infections and molecular typing of the isolates in Japan.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2004
Ikebe T, Murayama S, Saitoh K, Yamai S, Suzuki R, Isobe J, Tanaka D, Katsukawa C, Tamaru A, Katayama A, Fujinaga Y, Hoashi K, Watanabe H
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The number of patients with severe invasive group-G streptococcal (Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis) infections has been increasing in Japan. The emm genotypes and SmaI-digested pulsed-field gel electrophoresis DNA profiles were variable among the strains isolated, suggesting there h...
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