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DNA-based culture-independent analysis detects the presence of group a streptococcus in throat samples from healthy adults in Japan.
BMC microbiology - 11 Oct 2016
Kulkarni Tejaswini, Aikawa Chihiro, Nozawa Takashi, Murase Kazunori, Maruyama Fumito, Nakagawa Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Group A Streptococcus (GAS; Streptococcus pyogenes) causes a range of mild to severe infections in humans. It can also colonize healthy persons asymptomatically. Therefore, it is important to study GAS carriage in healthy populations, as carriage of it might lead to subsequent disease manifestation, clonal spread in the community, and/or diversification of the organism. Throat swab culture is the gold...
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