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Differing mechanisms of surviving phagosomal stress among group B Streptococcus strains of varying genotypes.
Virulence - 18 Aug 2017
Korir Michelle L, Laut Clare, Rogers Lisa M, Plemmons Jessica A, Aronoff David M, Manning Shannon D
Abstract excerpt
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis, asymptomatically colonizes up to 30% of women and can persistently colonize even after antibiotic treatment. Previous studies have shown that GBS resides inside macrophages, but the mechanism by which it survives remains unknown. Here, we examined the ability of 4 GBS strains to survive inside macrophages and then focused on 2 strains...
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