Prevention of C3 deposition by capsular polysaccharide is a virulence mechanism of type III group B streptococci.

Strains of type III group B streptococci isolated from patients with neonatal sepsis are generally resistant to complement-mediated phagocytic killing in the absence of specific antibody. It has been suggested that the resistance of type III group B streptococci to phagocytosis results from inhibiti...

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Pubblicato in:	Infect Immun
Autori principali:	Marques, M B, Kasper, D L, Pangburn, M K, Wessels, M R
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1992
Soggetti:	Research Article
Accesso online:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC257427/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1398910/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/iai.60.10.3986-3993.1992
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