Using PCR-Based Detection and Genotyping to Trace Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Outbreak Strain to Oral Flora of Radiology Physician Assistant

• Velusamy Srinivasan,

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Robert E. Gertz Jr.,

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Patricia L. Shewmaker,

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Sarah Patrick,

  Affiliation Section of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice, Division of Community and Public Health, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Amit S. Chitnis,

  Affiliations Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Heather O'Connell,

  Affiliation Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Isaac Benowitz,

  Affiliation Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Priti Patel,

  Affiliation Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Alice Y. Guh,

  Affiliation Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Judith Noble-Wang,

  Affiliation Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• George Turabelidze,

  Affiliation Section of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice, Division of Community and Public Health, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Bernard Beall

  * E-mail: BBEALL@CDC.GOV

  Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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