Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Differences among Kingella kingae Strains from Carriers and Patients with Invasive Infections

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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Main Authors: Omer Murik, David A. Zeevi, Tzvia Mann, Livnat Kashat, Marc V. Assous, Orli Megged, Pablo Yagupsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Kingella kingae
carriage
invasive diseases
pangenome
virulence determinants
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03895-22

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