Does tobacco differentially affect the clinical-biological phenotypes of ANCA-associated vasculitides?
These results suggest that tobacco use could differentially affect GPA and EGPA clinical-biological phenotypes, and support the role of environmental exposures in AAV development and its phenotype.
This array clearly differentiates B. anthracis from members of the B. cereus group and other Bacillus species in environmental samples by chromosomal (rpoB) and plasmid markers. Additionally, recognition of B. cereus strains harbouring the toxin genes or atypical B. anthracis strains that have lost the virulence plasmids is feasible.