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Intracellular invasion ability of Streptococcus agalactiae among non-invasive isolates from human adults and companion animals in Japan.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2021
Yoshida Haruno, Goto Mieko, Takahiro Maeda, Fukushima Yasuto, Fujita Tomohiro, Tsuyuki Yuzo, Takahashi Takashi
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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the cell invasion ability (CIA) of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from humans and companion animals and clarified the relationship between CIA populations and their microbiological features. METHODS: Human-origin and companion animal-origin isolates were collected along with host information. We measured CIA using human-lineage colon cancer epithelium (Caco-2) and keratinocyte...
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