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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B enhances tissue damage initiated by other Streptococcus pyogenes products.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Sept 2001
Saouda M, Wu W, Conran P, Boyle M D
Abstract excerpt
This study compared the pathology and infection pattern of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B-positive (SpeB(+)) and SpeB-negative (SpeB(-)) isogenic variants of an M1 isolate of Streptococcus pyogenes in a mouse skin air sac model. SpeB(+) strains resulted in severe local tissue damage that exte...
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