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Detection of invasive protein profile of Streptococcus pyogenes M1 isolates from pharyngitis patients.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2010
Hasegawa Tadao, Okamoto Akira, Kamimura Takuya, Tatsuno Ichiro, Hashikawa Shin-Nosuke, Yabutani Mitsutaka, Matsumoto Masakado, Yamada Keiko, Isaka Masanori, Minami Masaaki, Ohta Michio
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a re-emerging infectious disease in Japan and many other developed countries. Epidemiological studies have revealed that the M1 serotype of Streptococcus pyogenes is the most dominant causative isolate of STSS. Recent characterization of M1 isolates re...
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