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M genotyping and DNA fingerprinting of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from an area of central Italy.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 1998
Mencarelli M, Corbisiero R, Marzocchi B, Gistri A, Signori R, Rossolini A, Cellesi C
Abstract excerpt
M protein gene typing was used to analyse Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates collected between 1983 and 1995 in an area of central Italy from patients presenting different types of infections; the same isolates were also characterized by means of DNA fingerprinting. M type 1 was the most common (50% of study strains), followed by M types 4, 12 and 6. The proportion of M type 12 decreased with time, whereas...
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