Selective Distribution of a High-Affinity Plasminogen-Binding Site among Group A Streptococci Associated with Impetigo

Group A streptococci can be classified according to their tendency to cause either impetigo, pharyngitis, or both types of infection. Genotypic markers for tissue site preference lie within emm genes, which encode fibrillar surface proteins that play a key role in virulence. emm gene products (M and...

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Main Authors: Svensson, Mikael D., Sjöbring, Ulf, Bessen, Debra E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
Subjects:
Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC96672/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10417156
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