Analysis of Immunoreactivity to a Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-Like Protein To Confirm an Outbreak of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, and Sequences of M-Like Proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species

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The etiologic agent of a large 1998 outbreak of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSGN) in Nova Serrana, Brazil, was found likely to be a specific strain of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus from contaminated cheese (S. Balter et al., Lancet 355:1776-1780, 2000). In the present study, we used a serologic screen for a known surface-exposed virulence factor to confirm the epidemiologic findings....

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