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Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila wound pathotypes by comparative genomic and functional analyses of virulence genes.
mBio - 23 Apr 2013
Grim Christopher J, Kozlova Elena V, Sha Jian, Fitts Eric C, van Lier Christina J, Kirtley Michelle L, Joseph Sandeep J, Read Timothy D, Burd Eileen M, Tall Ben D, Joseph Sam W, Horneman Amy J, Chopra Ashok K, Shak Joshua R
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Aeromonas hydrophila has increasingly been implicated as a virulent and antibiotic-resistant etiologic agent in various human diseases. In a previously published case report, we described a subject with a polymicrobial wound infection that included a persistent and aggressive strain of A. hydrophila (E1), as well as a more antibiotic-resistant strain of A. hydrophila (E2). To better understand the...
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