A novel MLST sequence type discovered in the first fatal case of Laribacter hongkongensis bacteremia clusters with the sequence types of other human isolates
Laribacter hongkongensis is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, motile, S-shaped, asaccharolytic, urease-positive bacillus in the Neisseriaceae family of β-proteobacteria. To date, all patients with L. hongkongensis infection have survived, including the two patients with L. hongkongensis bacter...
Main Authors: | Cindy WS Tse, Shirly OT Curreem, Ingrid Cheung, Bone SF Tang, Kit-Wah Leung, Susanna KP Lau, Patrick CY Woo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-01-01
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Series: | Emerging Microbes and Infections |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2014.39 |
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