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SUBMITTER: Bourassa L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609680 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bourassa Lori L Clarridge J E JE
Journal of clinical microbiology 20150909 11
Streptococcus tigurinus is a newly described member of the Streptococcus mitis group. Due to the difficulty in distinguishing viridans group streptococci (VGS) by phenotype, analysis of 16S rRNA sequences is necessary for the accurate identification of most species. Through a laboratory policy of analyzing all clinically significant isolates from the VGS group by16S rRNA gene sequencing, we identified 14 S. tigurinus isolates from 11 patients. The Vitek 2 system most commonly gave an excellent r ...[more]