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Virulence factors of Streptococcus pyogenes strains from women in peri-labor with invasive infections.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 May 2016
Golińska E, van der Linden M, Więcek G, Mikołajczyk D, Machul A, Samet A, Piórkowska A, Dorycka M, Heczko P B, Strus M
Abstract excerpt
Invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections constitute an important epidemiological problem. Many cases occur in women during the postnatal period. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of the genes responsible for production of iron-chelating protein (perR) and superantigens (speA, speB, speC, speF, speG, speH, speI, speJ, speK, speL, speM, smeZ, and ssa) in S. pyogenes strains isolated...
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