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Genomic Investigations unmask Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a new respiratory pathogen.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Feb 2015
Gillespie Stephen H, Ling Clare L, Oravcova Katarina, Pinheiro Miguel, Wells Louise, Bryant Josephine M, McHugh Timothy D, Bébéar Cecile, Webster David, Harris Simon R, Seth-Smith Helena M B, Thomson Nicholas R
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BACKGROUND: Mycoplasma amphoriforme has been associated with infection in patients with primary antibody deficiency (PAD). Little is known about the natural history of infection with this organism and its ability to be transmitted in the community. METHODS: The bacterial load was estimated in sequential sputum samples from 9 patients by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The genomes of all available...
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