Typing of the pilus-protein-encoding FCT region and biofilm formationas novel parameters in epidemiological investigations of Streptococcuspyogenes isolates from various infection sites

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Streptococcus pyogenes is an important human pathogen for which an association between infection site and selected epidemiological or functional markers has previously been suggested. However, the studies involved often used strains with an insufficiently defined clinical background and laboratory history. Thus, the major goal of the present study was to investigate these relationships in 183 prospectively...

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