Antibodies to group A streptococcal virulence factors, SIC and DRS, increase predilection to GAS pyoderma

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus; GAS) is an etiological agent for pharyngitis, pyoderma, and invasive infections in humans. Pharyngitis and pyoderma may lead to serious immune sequelae such as rheumatic heart disease and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN). Strepto...

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Autores principales: Karmarkar, Mohan G, Hule, Gouri P, Cameron, Ainslie, Mehta, Preeti R, Khopkar, Uday, Hase, Niwrutti K, Sriprakash, Kadaba S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0857-4

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