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Identification of Virulent Capnocytophaga canimorsus Isolates by Capsular Typing
6 Apr 2017
Abstract excerpt
ABSTRACT Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a dog oral commensal that causes rare but severe infections in humans. C. canimorsus was recently shown to be endowed with a capsular polysaccharide implicated in resistance to the innate immune system of the host. Here, we developed the first C. canimorsus capsular serotyping scheme. We describe nine different serovars (A to I), and this serotyping scheme allowed typing of...
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