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[Distribution of emm genotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes strains: analogy with the vaccine in development].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Apr 2013
Arslan Uğur, Oryaşın Erman, Eskin Zeynep, Türk Dağı Hatice, Fındık Duygu, Tuncer Inci, Bozdoğan Bülent
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pyogenes is the most common bacterial pathogen causing pharyngotonsillitis, and also can lead to diseases such as otitis media, impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis, bacteremia, sepsis and toxic shock-like syndrome. M protein encoded by emm gene is an important virulence factor of S.pyogenes and it is used for genotyping in epidemiological studies. The aims of this study were to determine the M protein...
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