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Genetic diversity of Propionibacterium acnes strains isolated from human skin in Japan and comparison with their distribution in Europe.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 May 2012
Dekio Itaru, Rajendram Dunstan, Morita Eishin, Gharbia Saheer, Shah Haroun N
Abstract excerpt
Propionibacterium acnes, a commensal of human skin, is also an opportunistic pathogen of common acne and certain infectious diseases. However, it is still not obvious which strain is pathogenic for a certain infectious disease, and investigations to characterize pathogenic strains using molecular typing methods such as MLST using several housekeeping genes have been undertaken. However, to date, such analysis has...
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