Genome of a chronic osteitis-causing Clostridium tetani

Genome of a chronic osteitis-causing Clostridium tetani

We sequenced the genome of a Clostridium tetani strain that caused chronic tibial osteitis without any clinical sign of tetanus in a 26-year-old man previously vaccinated against this disease. The genome contained a plasmid that harboured the tetX-tetR tetanospasmin operon, and was highly similar to...

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Main Authors: P.-E. Fournier, P.-Y. Levy, M. Million, O. Croce, C. Blanc-Tailleur, P. Brouqui, D. Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:
Chronic osteitis
Clostridium tetani
genome
neurotoxin
tetanospasmin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297514500431
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Summary:We sequenced the genome of a Clostridium tetani strain that caused chronic tibial osteitis without any clinical sign of tetanus in a 26-year-old man previously vaccinated against this disease. The genome contained a plasmid that harboured the tetX-tetR tetanospasmin operon, and was highly similar to that of a tetanus-causing strain.
ISSN:2052-2975

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