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Changes in MLST profiles and biotypes of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates from the diphtheria outbreak period to the period of invasive infections caused by nontoxigenic strains in Poland (1950–2016)

BACKGROUND: Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a re-emerging pathogen in Europe causing invasive infections in vaccinated persons and classical diphtheria in unvaccinated persons. In the presented study we analysed genetic changes in C. diphtheriae isolates collected in Poland from the period before the...

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Autores principales: Czajka, Urszula, Wiatrzyk, Aldona, Mosiej, Ewa, Formińska, Kamila, Zasada, Aleksandra A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5845185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29523087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3020-1