Distribution of emm genotypes and superantigen genes of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Japan, 1994-9.

The purpose of this study was to examine characteristic profiles of Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates isolated in Japan during 1994-9. Genotyping of the M protein (emm typing) revealed that emm types 12 and 28 were the most common among 316 isolates. Most of the emm12 isolates were isolated f...

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Main Authors: Murakami, J., Kawabata, S., Terao, Y., Kikuchi, K., Totsuka, K., Tamaru, A., Katsukawa, C., Moriya, K., Nakagawa, I., Morisaki, I., Hamada, S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2002
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869835/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12113483
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