Streptococcus mutans isolated from a 4‐year‐old girl diagnosed with infective endocarditis

Abstract Objectives Infective endocarditis (IE) has an extremely high fatality rate. In this study, we isolated a strain of Streptococcus mutans, which we called HM, from the blood drawn from a 4‐year‐old girl diagnosed with IE. We aimed to fully type the HM strain and investigate its biological pro...

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Main Authors: Yoshio Kondo, Tomonori Hoshino, Midori Ogawa, Kiyoshi Hidaka, Tomoyuki Hasuwa, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Taku Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-10-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Dental Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cre2.220