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Clonal distribution of the three alleles of the Gal(alpha1-4)Gal-specific adhesin gene papG among Escherichia coli strains from patients with bacteremia.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1998
Johnson J R, Brown J J, Maslow J N
Abstract excerpt
The three alleles of papG, the Gal(alpha1-4)Gal-specific adhesin gene of Escherichia coli P fimbriae, were detected in 101 (54%) of 187 E. coli bacteremia isolates from Boston, Long Beach, California, and Nairobi, Kenya, by a polymerase chain reaction-based assay, and their distribution was compared with clonal structure and other bacterial and host characteristics. Allele II predominated overall (57% of papG+...
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