Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Differences among Kingella kingae Strains from Carriers and Patients with Invasive Infections
ABSTRACT As a result of the increasing use of sensitive nucleic acid amplification tests, Kingella kingae is being recognized as a common pathogen of early childhood, causing medical conditions ranging from asymptomatic oropharyngeal colonization to bacteremia, osteoarthritis, and life-threatening e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-06-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03895-22 |