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Site-specific manifestations of invasive group a streptococcal disease: type distribution and corresponding patterns of virulence determinants.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2003
Vlaminckx Bart J M, Mascini Ellen M, Schellekens Joop, Schouls Leo M, Paauw Armand, Fluit Ad C, Novak Rodger, Verhoef Jan, Schmitz Franz Josef
Abstract excerpt
As part of a national surveillance program on invasive group A streptococci (GAS), isolates that caused specific manifestations of invasive GAS disease in The Netherlands were collected between 1992 and 1996. These site-specific GAS infections involved meningitis, arthritis, necrotizing fasciitis, and puerperal sepsis. An evaluation was performed to determine whether GAS virulence factors correlate with these...
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