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Genome sequence of a Lancefield group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus strain causing epidemic nephritis: new information about an old disease.
PloS one - 21 Aug 2008
Beres Stephen B, Sesso Ricardo, Pinto Sergio Wyton L, Hoe Nancy P, Porcella Stephen F, Deleo Frank R, Musser James M
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks of disease attributable to human error or natural causes can provide unique opportunities to gain new information about host-pathogen interactions and new leads for pathogenesis research. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), a sequela of infection with pathogenic streptococci, is a common cause of preventable kidney disease worldwide. Although PSGN usually occurs after infection with group A...
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