Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Bartonella henselae Strains, South Korea

Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacterium, is a common causative agent of zoonotic infections. We report 5 culture-proven cases of B. henselae infection in South Korea. By alignment of the 16S rRNA sequences and multilocus sequencing typing analysis, we identified all isolates as B. henselae Ho...

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Main Authors: Hea Yoon Kwon, Young Kyoung Park, Sun Myoung Lee, Ji Hyeon Baek, Jae-Seung Kang, Moon-Hyun Chung, Eun Ji Kim, Jin-Soo Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-1497_article