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Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from balanoposthitis patients presumably transmitted by penile-oral sexual intercourse.
Current microbiology - 1 Aug 2010
Minami Masaaki, Wakimoto Yukio, Matsumoto Masakado, Matsui Hideyuki, Kubota Yasue, Okada Atsushi, Isaka Masanori, Tatsuno Ichiro, Tanaka Yasuhito, Hasegawa Tadao
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Streptococcus pyogenes is indigenous to the human pharynx and causes acute pharyngitis. Balanoposthitis is an inflammatory disease of the glans and the foreskin. However, balanoposthitis caused by S. pyogenes is not widely recognized as a sexually transmitted disease. In addition, bacteriological...
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