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. 1995 May;33(5):1399–1401. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1399-1401.1995

Identity of streptococcal blood isolates and oral isolates from two patients with infective endocarditis.

N E Fiehn 1, E Gutschik 1, T Larsen 1, J M Bangsborg 1
PMCID: PMC228178  PMID: 7615767

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to isolate streptococcal strains from the oral cavities of streptococcal endocarditis patients and compare these strains biochemically and genetically with the corresponding streptococcal blood isolates. Total identity was observed between the blood and oral cavity isolates from the two patients studied.

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