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Oral Streptococcal Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients: Taxonomic Identification and Clinical Characterization
22 Dec 2011
Abstract excerpt
Oral streptococci have been associated with systemic diseases, including infective endocarditis and neutropenic bacteremia. We analyzed 58 recent oral streptococcal bloodstream isolates, and we obtained clinical and demographic data for source patients. The sodA gene was found to be a better target than the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer for DNA sequence-based species identification. Together,...
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