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Development and application of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2014
Dumke J, Hinse D, Vollmer T, Knabbe C, Dreier J
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (formerly known as S. bovis biotype I) is a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract in animals and in up to 15% of healthy humans. Furthermore, it is a facultative pathogen that can cause infectious endocarditis, mastitis, and septicemia. The number of infections is increasing, but the transmission routes and zoonotic potential remain unknown. To assess the zoonotic...
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