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Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes in an area where acute pharyngotonsillitis is endemic.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1997
Nguyen L, Levy D, Ferroni A, Gehanno P, Berche P
Abstract excerpt
During an open clinical trial in an area where streptococcal infections are hyperendemic, we studied the genetic polymorphism of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates collected from patients and from healthy carriers living in close contact with them. The clonal diversity of isolates was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with three restriction enzymes (SmaI, ApaI, and SacII). The pharynx of each patient and...
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