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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3131-3132, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00532-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Molecular Typing of Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci from Two Patients with Lower-Limb Cellulitis: Identical Isolates from Toe Web and Blood Specimens{triangledown}

Ingibjörg Hilmarsdóttir* and Freyja Valsdóttir

Department of Microbiology, Landspítali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland

Received 9 March 2007/ Returned for modification 21 March 2007/ Accepted 26 June 2007

Intertriginous toe webs harboring cellulitis-causing bacteria constitute a risk factor for lower-limb cellulitis. Molecular typing of Streptococcus pyogenes and S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates from blood and toe webs of two cellulitis patients revealed identical strains for each species. This finding supports the role of toe webs as a potential site of entry for cellulitis pathogens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Barónsstigur, Landspítali University Hospital, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland. Phone: 354 543 5660. Fax: 354 543 5626. E-mail: ingibjh{at}landspitali.is

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 July 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3131-3132, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00532-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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