An Expanded Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Propionibacterium acnes: Investigation of ‘Pathogenic’, ‘Commensal’ and Antibiotic Resistant Strains

• Andrew McDowell ,

  * E-mail: a.mcdowell@qub.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Emma Barnard,

  Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• István Nagy,

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

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• Anna Gao,

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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• Shuta Tomida,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Huiying Li,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Anne Eady,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan Cove,

  Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Carl E. Nord,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Sheila Patrick

  Affiliation Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom

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