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Molecular epidemiologic analysis and antimicrobial resistance of Helicobacter cinaedi isolated from seven hospitals in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Rimbara Emiko, Mori Shigetarou, Matsui Mari, Suzuki Satowa, Wachino Jun-Ichi, Kawamura Yoshiaki, Shen Zeli, Fox James G, Shibayama Keigo
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter cinaedi colonizes the colons of human and animals and can cause colitis, cellulitis, and sepsis in humans, with infections in immunocompromised patients being increasingly recognized. However, methods for analyzing the molecular epidemiology of H. cinaedi are not yet established. A genotyping method involving multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was developed and used to analyze 50 H. cinaedi isolates...
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