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Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Noninvasive Lancefield Group C and G Streptococci and emm -Specific Differences in Invasiveness
1 Mar 2006
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Lancefield group G and group C streptococci (GGS and GCS, respectively) are pathogens responsible for a number of life-threatening infections. A collection of 116 recent (1998 to 2004) invasive (n = 28) and noninvasive (n = 88) GGS and GCS clinical isolates from Portugal were characterized. All isolates were identified as Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and characterized by emm typing and DNA...
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