Genetic and Molecular Basis of Encapsulation and Capsule Diversity in Kingella kingae

<p>Kingella kingae is a bacterial pathogen that is increasingly recognized as an etiology of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, bacteremia, and endocarditis in young children. The pathogenesis of K. kingae disease starts with bacterial adherence to the respiratory epithelium of the posterior pha...

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Main Author: Starr, Kimberly
Other Authors: St. Geme III, Joseph W
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12137