title: Streptococcus sinensis: an emerging agent of infective endocarditis.
abstract: The identification by conventional methods of viridans streptococcal species, which are rarely encountered clinically, requires confirmation by genomic methods. We characterized a strain of Streptococcus sinensis responsible for infective endocarditis by sequencing both the 16S rRNA and the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase genes.
authors: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Faibis
authors: Service de Microbiologie, Laboratoire Associé au Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Université Paris Descartes, Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP, 75181 Paris 04, France.
authors: Liliana
authors: L
authors: Mihaila
authors: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Perna
authors: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
authors: Jean-François
authors: JF
authors: Lefort
authors: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, 77104 Meaux, France.
authors: Marie-Claude
authors: MC
authors: Demachy
authors: Centre d'Identification Moléculaire des Bactéries, Unité de Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, U 389 INSERM, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Le Flèche-Matéos
authors: Service de Microbiologie, Laboratoire Associé au Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Université Paris Descartes, Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP, 75181 Paris 04, France.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Bouvet
mesh_terms: D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics; D034363:Viridans Streptococci / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase