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The Type a and Type b Polysaccharide Capsules Predominate in an International Collection of Invasive Kingella kingae Isolates

Kingella kingae is an encapsulated Gram-negative bacterium and an important etiology of osteoarticular infections in young children. A recent study examining a diverse collection of carrier and invasive K. kingae isolates from Israel revealed four distinct polysaccharide capsule types. In this study...

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Autores principales: Porsch, Eric A., Starr, Kimberly F., Yagupsky, Pablo, St. Geme, Joseph W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5352833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28317027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00060-17