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Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus bovis causing endocarditis and bacteraemia in Italian patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2005
Tripodi M-F, Fortunato R, Utili R, Triassi M, Zarrilli R
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus bovis is being recognised increasingly as a cause of infective endocarditis, and has also been associated with underlying gastrointestinal malignancy. This study evaluated the molecular epidemiology of S. bovis isolates responsible for endocarditis or bacteraemia in Italian patients between January 1990 and August 2003. S. bovis isolates were classified on the basis of their biochemical profiles,...
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