Article
Group A <i>Streptococcus</i> strains causing meningitis without distinct invasive phenotype
2023-03-23
Abstract excerpt
Group A streptococcal (GAS, aka Streptococcus pyogenes ) meningitis is a fulminant disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the invasiveness of GAS in meningitis, we compared GAS isolates derived from five cases of meningitis, to otitis and colonizing isolates. We did not observe differences in adherence to and invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial c...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d50d444f-720f-57b8-b6c8-8a55550d04f3
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.03.22.533757
