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Virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolates from patients with and without AIDS
1 Feb 1994
Abstract excerpt
Rhodococcus equi is an emerging opportunistic pathogen of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. Thirty-nine isolates of R. equi from immunocompromised patients with and without AIDS were analyzed for the presence of virulence plasmid DNA, expression of 15- to 17-kDa antigens, and their pathogenicities in mice. Of the human isolates, eight contained an 85-kb virulence plasmid, expressed 15- to 17-kDa...
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