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Volume 25, Number 7—July 2019
Synopsis

Bacillus cereus–Attributable Primary Cutaneous Anthrax-Like Infection in Newborn Infants, India

Lahari Saikia1Comments to Author , Navonil Gogoi, Partha Pratim Das, Arunjyoti Sarmah, Kumari Punam, Bipanchi Mahanta, Simi Bora, and Reeta Bora
Author affiliations: Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, India

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Table 1

Toxin-encoding gene profile of 19 selected Bacillus cereus strains, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, , India, 2018*

Strain Source ST Clade cytK nheABC
hblCDA
entFM pi-plc sph
nheA nheB nheC hblA hblC hblD
AMCER1 Healthcare kit 1659 I + + + + + + +
AMCER2 Healthcare kit 1660 I + + + + + +
AMCER3 Cutaneous lesion 1660 I + + + + + + +
AMCER4 Healthcare kit 1661 I + + + + + +
AMCER5 Cutaneous lesion 1661 I + + + +
AMCER6 Healthcare kit 1465 II + + + + +
AMCER7 Healthcare kit 1667 I + + + + +
AMCER8 Hospital storage facility 1662 II + + + + +
AMCER9 Hospital storage facility 1663 II + + + + + + +
AMCER11 Healthcare kit 1663 II + + + + + +
AMCER10 Hospital storage facility 1664 II + + + + + +
AMCER12 Healthcare kit 1665 I + + + + + + + +
AMCER15 Cutaneous lesion 1665 I + + + + + + +
AMCER13 Umbilical cord stump 266 I +
AMCER14 Environment 75 I + + + + + + + +
AMCER18 Skin colonizer 266 I + +
AMCER19 Cutaneous lesion 380 I + + + + +
AMCER20 Skin colonizer 1668 I +
AMCER21 Skin colonizer 127 I + +

*ST, sequence type; +, positive; –, negative.

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1Current affiliation: Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, India.

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