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Genomic heterogeneity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium bacteriuria from chronic infection.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2017
Octavia Sophie, Wang Qinning, Tanaka Mark M, Sintchenko Vitali, Lan Ruiting
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the genomes of 14 sequential Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates obtained over a five year period from a patient with persistent Salmonella bacteriuria. The isolates formed five distinct lineages; two of which co-existed over four years. We inferred that the observed within-patient variation resulted from mutation events.
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