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Real-time PCR investigation into the importance of Fusobacterium necrophorum as a cause of acute pharyngitis in general practice
8 Sept 2004
Abstract excerpt
Fusobacterium necrophorum is recognized as the cause of a severe life-threatening illness characterized by bacteraemia with metastatic abscesses following an acute sore throat (Lemierre's disease). However, the importance of F. necrophorum as a cause of simple sore throat in the community is unknown. Using quantitative real-time PCR with primers targeting the rpoB gene, 100 routine throat swabs collected from...
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